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word: paired
definition:
paired

paired
(pârd)
adj.
1.
Organized into compatible pairs; -- used of gloves, socks, etc.  See pair{1}, v. t.

Syn. -- mated.

2.
(Botany)
Growing in pairs on either side of a stem; -- of leaves etc.
alternate

Syn. -- opposite.

3.
Mated sexually.


word: Pairing
definition:
Pairing

Pair"ing
n.
[See Pair, v. i.]
1.
The act or process of uniting or arranging in pairs or couples.

2.
See To pair off, under Pair, v. i.

Pairing time, the time when birds or other animals pair.


word: Pair production
definition:
Pair production

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.


word: Pais
definition:
Pais

Pa`is
(pȧ`e̝")
n.
[OF. puïs, F. pays, country.]
(O. E. Law)
The country; the people of the neighborhood.

&hand_; A trial 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.


word: Paisano
definition:
Paisano

Pa`i*sa"no
(pä`e̝*sä"no̝)
n.
[Sp., of the country, native.]
1.
(Zool.)
The chaparral cock; the roadrunner.
2.
A compatriot.

3.
A comrade; a pal; a buddy.


word: Pajamas
definition:
Pajamas

Pa*ja"mas
(?)
n. pl.
[Hind. pā-jāma, pāejāma, 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.]


word: pak-choi
definition:
pak-choi

pak-choi
n.
An Asiatic plant (Brassica rapa chinensis) grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves.

Syn. -- bok choy, bok choi, pak choi, Chinese white cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis.


word: Pakistan
definition:
Pakistan

Pakistan
prop. n.
A country in South Asia formerly part of British India.

Syn. -- West Pakistan.


word: Pakistani
definition:
Pakistani

Pakistani
prop. adj.
Of or relating to Pakistan or its people or language; as, Pakistani mountain passes.


word: Pal
definition:
Pal

Pal
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate.
[Slang]


word: Palace
definition:
Palace

Pal"ace
(păl"a̝s; 48)
n.
[OE. palais, F. palais, fr. L. palatium, fr. Palatium, one of the seven hills of Rome, on which Augustus had his residence.  Cf. Paladin.]

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.

2.
The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage.

3.
Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house.

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.


word: Paladin
definition:
Paladin

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.


word: palaeontology
definition:
palaeontology

palaeontology
n.
The branch of archeology that studies fossil organisms and related remains.

Syn. -- paleontology, fossilology.


word: palaeopathology
definition:
palaeopathology

palaeopathology
n.
The study of diseases of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence).

Syn. -- paleopathology.


word: Palaeotype
definition:
Palaeotype

Pa"læ*o*type
(?)
n.
[Palæo- + -type.]
(Phon.)
A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the printing types in common use.
Ellis.
Pa`læ*o*typ"ic*al (#), a. -- Pa`læ*o*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Palaetiology
definition:
Palaetiology

palaetiology

palaetiology, Pa*læ`ti*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Palæo- + ætiology.]
The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth; the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes, such as geological causes.
Pa*læ`ti*o*log"ic*al (#), a.

Syn. -- paletiology.


word: Palama
definition:
Palama

Pal"a*ma
(păl"ȧ*mȧ)
n.
pl. Palamæ (păl"ȧ*mē).
[NL., fr. Gr. pala`mh the palm.]
(Zool.)
A membrane extending between the toes of a bird, and uniting them more or less closely together.


word: Palamedeae
definition:
Palamedeae

Pal`a*me"de*æ
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Palanka
definition:
Palanka

Pa*lan"ka
(pȧ*lȧ&nsmacr_;"kȧ)
n.
[Cf. It., Pg., & Sp. palanca, fr. L. palanga, phalanga a pole, Gr. fa`lagx.]
(Mil.)
A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.


word: Palanquin
definition:
Palanquin

Pal`an*quin"
(?)
n.
[F. palanquin, Pg. palanquim, Javan. palangki, OJavan. palangkan, through Prakrit fr. Skr. parya&ndot_;ka, palya&ndot_;ka, bed, couch; pari around (akin to E. pref. peri-) + a&ndot_;ka 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.]


word: Palapteryx
definition:
Palapteryx

Pa*lap"te*ryx
(?)
n.
[Paleo- + apteryx.]
(Paleon.)
A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand.


word: Palatable
definition:
Palatable

Pal"a*ta*ble
(?)
a.
[From Palate.]
Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice.  Opposite of unpalatable.


word: Palatableness
definition:
Palatableness

Pal"a*ta*ble*ness
n.
The quality or state of being agreeable to the taste; relish; acceptableness.


word: Palatal
definition:
Palatal

Pal"a*tal
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. palatal.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.

2.
(Phonetics)
Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk.


word: Palatal₂
definition:
Palatal

Pal"a*tal
n.
(Phon.)
A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y.


word: Palatalize
definition:
Palatalize

Pal"a*tal*ize
(?)
v. t.
(Phon.)
To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate;
especially:
to pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate; as, to palatalize a letter or sound; to palatize.  See palatalized.


word: palatalized
definition:
palatalized

palatalized
adj.
(Linguistics, Phonology)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate as "y"; or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate as "ch" in "chin" or "j" in "gin".

Syn. -- palatal.


word: Palate
definition:
Palate

Pal"ate
(?)
n.
[L. palatum: cf. F. palais, Of. also palat.]
1.
(Anat.)
The roof of the mouth.

&hand_; The fixed portion, or palate proper, supported by the maxillary and palatine bones, is called the 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.

2.
Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste.

Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests.
Pope.

3.
Fig.:
Mental relish; intellectual taste.
T. Baker.

4.
(Bot.)
A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.


word: Palatial
definition:
Palatial

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.
Palatial
A. Drummond.


word: palatinate
definition:
palatinate

pa*lat"i*nate
(?)
n.
[F. palatinat. See Palatine.]
The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine.
Howell.


word: Palatinate
definition:
Palatinate

Pa*lat"i*nate
(?)
prop. n.
Either of two regions in Germany, formerly divisions of the Holy Roman Empire; the Lower Palatinate or Rhine Palatinate is now within the Rhineland-Palatinate; the Upper Palatinate is now within Bavaria.  It is usually referred to as the Palatinate.

&hand_;  Palatinate The (pă*lăt"ĭ*na̝t). [F. Palatinat, G. Pfalz, ML. Palatinatus, the province of count palatine, from palatinatus, palatine.]   A former German State.  Its territories were originally in the region of the Rhine, and from the 14th century to 1620 embraced two separate regions, the Rhine (or Lower) Palatinate (distinctively the Palatinate), and the Upper Palatinate (see below).  The palsgraves on the Rhine, whose original seat was at Aix-la-Chapelle, were important princes of the empire as early as the 11th century.  Early in the 13th century the Palatinate passed to the Bavarian dynasty of Wittelsbach, which soon after branched off into the Bavarian and palatine lines. The Palatinate was enlarged early in the 14th Century with a part of Bavaria (the Upper Palatinate).  The Golden Bull of 1356 designated the Palatinate as one of the seven electorates.  In the 16th century Heidelberg, the capital of the electors palatine, became a great center of Calvinism.  The elector Frederick V., having accepted the Bohemian crown in 1619, and having been overthrown in 1620, was stripped of his dominions.  The electoral dignity was transferred to Bavaria in 1623, and the Upper Palatinate was annexed to it.  By the treaty of 1648 the Rhine Palatinate was restored to its former rulers, and an eighth electorate created for it, the Upper Palatinate being confirmed to Bavaria. The Rhine palatinate was terribly ravaged by the French in 1674 and 1689.  The Palatinate and the Bavarian lands were united in 1777.  In 1801 the Rhine Palatinate was divided: all west of the Rhine was ceded to France; Baden received Heidelberg, Mannheim, etc.; and the rest fell to Hesse-Darmstadt, Nassau, etc.  By the treaties of 1814-15 the French portion west of the Rhine was restored to Germany: Prussia and Hesse-Darmstadt received portions, but the greater portion fell to Bavaria.  This part is the present Rhine Palatinate, or Lower Palatinate (G. Rheinpfalz or Unterpfalz): it is bounded by the Rhine on the east, and borders on Hesse, Prussia, and Alsace-Lorraine.  It forms a "Regierungs-bezirk" of Bavaria, with Spires as Capital. It is traversed by the Hardt Mountains, and produces grain, wine, coal, etc.  Area, 2,289 square miles.  Population (1890), 728,339.  The Upper Palatinate (9. Oberpfalz) forms a "Regierungs-bezirk" of Bavaria under the title Upper Palatinate and Ratisbon (Regensburg).  It borders on Bohemia. Capital, Ratisbon.  It has extensive forests and flourishing industries.  Area, 3,729 square miles. Population (1890), 537,954.


word: palatine
definition:
palatine

pal"a*tine
(?)
a.
[F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr. palatium. See Palace, and cf. Paladin.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace;
hence,
possessing royal privileges.

2.
Of or pertaining to the Palatinate.

3.
Of or pertaining to a Palatine{1}.

Count palatine, County palatine. See under Count, and County. -- Palatine hill, or The palatine, one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the Cæsars. See also Palatine Hill in the vocabulary, and Palace.


word: Palatine
definition:
Palatine

Pal"a*tine
(?)
n.
1.
One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.

2.
The Palatine hill in Rome.


word: palatine₂
definition:
palatine

pal"a*tine
a.
[From Palate.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the palate; palatal.

Palatine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.


word: Palatine Hill
definition:
Palatine Hill

Palatine Hill
(păl"ȧ*tīn)
prop. n.
[L. Mons Palatinus, It. Monte Palatino.]
One of the "seven hills" of Rome, situated southeast of the Capitoline and north-northeast of the Aventine.  It borders on the Roman Forum; is the traditional seat of the city founded by Romulus; was the seat of private and later of imperial residences; and contains many antiquities.


word: Palatize
definition:
Palatize

Pal"a*tize
(?)
v. t.
To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; to palatalize; as, to palatize a letter or sound.
Pal`a*ti*za"tion (#), n.
J. Peile.


word: Palato-
definition:
Palato-

Pal"a*to-
(?)
[From Palate.]
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate relation to the palate, or connection with the palate; as in palatolingual.


word: Palatonares
definition:
Palatonares

Pal`a*to*na"res
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Palato-, and Nares.]
(Anat.)
The posterior nares. See Nares.


word: Palatopterygoid
definition:
Palatopterygoid

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.


word: Palaver
definition:
Palaver

Pa*la"ver
(?)
n.
[Sp. palabra, or Pg. palavra, fr. L. parabola a comparison, a parable, LL., a word. See Parable.]

1.
Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.

2.
In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate.

This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers.
Carlyle.


word: Palaver₂
definition:
Palaver

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.

Palavering the little language for her benefit.
C. Bronté


word: Pale
definition:
Pale

Pale
(pāl)
a.
[Compar. Paler (pāl"ẽr); superl. Palest.]
[F. pâle, fr. pâlir to turn pale, L. pallere to be or look pale.  Cf. Appall, Fallow, pall, v. i., Pallid.]

1.
Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.
Pale
Chaucer.

Speechless he stood and pale.
Milton.

They are not of complexion red or pale.
T. Randolph.

2.
Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.

The night, methinks, is but the daylight sick;
It looks a little paler.
Shak.

&hand_; Pale is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, pale-colored, pale-eyed, pale-faced, pale-looking, etc.


word: Pale₃
definition:
Pale

Pale
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Paled (pāld); p. pr. & vb. n. Paling.]
To turn pale; to lose color or luster.
Whittier.

Apt to pale at a trodden worm.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Pale₄
definition:
Pale

Pale
v. t.
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.

The glowworm shows the matin to be near,
And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire.
Shak.


word: Pale₅
definition:
Pale

Pale
n.
[F. pal, fr. L. palus: cf. D. paal. See Pole a stake, and 1st 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.

Deer creep through when a pale tumbles down.
Mortimer.

2.
That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.
pale
Robynson (More's Utopia).

3.
A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively.
pale
Milton.
pale
Macaulay.

4.
Hence:
A region within specified bounds, whether or not enclosed or demarcated.

5.
A stripe or band, as on a garment.
Chaucer.

6.
(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.

7.
A cheese scoop.
Simmonds.

8.
(Shipbuilding)
A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.

English pale, Irish pale (Hist.), the limits or territory in Eastern Ireland within which alone the English conquerors of Ireland held dominion for a long period after their invasion of the country by Henry II in 1172.  See note, below. -- beyond the pale outside the limits of what is allowed or proper; also, outside the limits within which one is protected. Spencer.

 The English Pale.  That part of Ireland in which English law was acknowledged, and within which the dominion of the English was restricted, for some centuries after the conquests of Henry II.  John distributed the part of Ireland then subject to England into 12 counties palatine, and this region became subsequently known as the Pale, but the limits varied at different times.


word: Pale₆
definition:
Pale

Pale
v. t.
To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.

[Your isle, which stands]  ribbed and paled in
With rocks unscalable and roaring waters.
Shak.


word: Palea
definition:
Palea

Pa"le*a
(?)
n.
pl. Paleæ (-ē).
[L., chaff.]

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.

2.
(Zool.)
A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.


word: Paleaceous
definition:
Paleaceous

Pa`le*a"ceous
(?)
a.
[L. palea chaff.]
(Bot.)
Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleæ, or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle.


word: Palearctic
definition:
Palearctic

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.


word: Paled
definition:
Paled

Paled
(?)
a.
[See 5th Pale.]
1.
Striped.
[Obs.]
paled
Spenser.

2.
Inclosed with a paling.
paled
Spenser.


word: Paleechinoidea
definition:
Paleechinoidea

Pa`le*ëch`i*noi"de*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Paleo-, and Echinoidea.]
(Zool.)
An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks.  They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates.  Called also Palaeechini.
[Written also Palaeechinoidea.]


word: paleencephalon
definition:
paleencephalon

paleencephalon
n.
The more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; it includes most structures other than the cerebral cortex.

Syn. -- paleoencephalon, palaeoencephalon.


word: Paleface
definition:
Paleface

Pale"face`
(pāl"fās`)
n.
A white person; -- an appellation supposed to have been applied to the whites by the American Indians.
J. F. Cooper.


word: Paleichthyes
definition:
Paleichthyes

Pa`le*ich"thy*es
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Paleo-, and Ichthyology.]
(Zool.)
A comprehensive division of fishes which includes the elasmobranchs and ganoids.
[Written also Palæichthyes.]


word: Palely
definition:
Palely

Pale"ly
(?)
adv.
[From Pale, a.]
In a pale manner; dimly; wanly; not freshly or ruddily.
Thackeray.


word: Palempore
definition:
Palempore

Pal`em*pore"
(păl`ĕm*p&omacrr")
n.
A superior kind of dimity made in India, -- used for bed coverings.
[Written also palampore, palampoor, etc.]
De Colange.


word: Paleness
definition:
Paleness

Pale"ness
(?)
n.
The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness.

The blood the virgin's cheek forsook;
A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look.
Pope.


word: Palenque
definition:
Palenque

Pa*len"que
(?)
n. pl.
(Ethnol.)
A collective name for the Indians of Nicaragua and Honduras.


word: Paleo-
definition:
Paleo-

Pa"le*o-
(?)
[Gr. palaio`s, adj.]
A combining form meaning old, ancient; as, palearctic, paleontology, paleothere, paleography.
[Written also palæo-.]


word: Paleobotany
definition:
Paleobotany

Pa`le*o*bot"a*ny
(?)
n.
[Paleo- + botany.]
That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants.


word: Paleocarida
definition:
Paleocarida

Pa`le*o*car"ida
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. palaio`s ancient + kari`s, -i`dos, a kind of crustacean.]
(Zool.)
Same as Merostomata.
[Written also Palæocarida.]


word: Paleocrinoidea
definition:
Paleocrinoidea

Pa`le*o*cri*noi"de*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Paleo-, and Crinoidea.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of Crinoidea found chiefly in the Paleozoic rocks.


word: Paleocrystic
definition:
Paleocrystic

Pa`le*o*crys"tic
(?)
a.
[Paleo- + Gr. kry`stallos ice.]
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, a former glacial formation.


word: Paleogaean
definition:
Paleogaean

Pa`le*o*gæ"an
(?)
a.
[Paleo- + Gr. gai^a the earth.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere.
[Written also palæogæan.]


word: paleogeography
definition:
paleogeography

paleogeography
n.
The study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs.

Syn. -- palaeogeography.


word: paleogeology
definition:
paleogeology

paleogeology
n.
The study of geologic features once at the surface of the earth but now buried beneath rocks.

Syn. -- palaeogeology.


word: Paleographical
definition:
Paleographical

Paleographic

{ Pa`le*o*graph"ic (?), Pa`le*o*graph"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. paléographique.]
Of or pertaining to paleography.


word: Paleographist
definition:
Paleographist

Pa`le*og"ra*phist
(pā`le̝*&obreve_;g"rȧ*fĭst)
n.
One versed in paleography; a paleographer.


word: Paleography
definition:
Paleography

Pa`le*og"ra*phy
(pā`le̝*&obreve_;g"rȧ*f&ybreve_;)
n.
[Paleo- + -graphy: cf. F. paléographie.]
1.
An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography.

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.


word: Paleola
definition:
Paleola

Pa*le"o*la
(?)
n.
pl. Paleolæ (#).
[NL., dim. of L. palea.]
(Bot.)
A diminutive or secondary palea; a lodicule.


word: Paleolith
definition:
Paleolith

Pa"le*o*lith
(pā"le̝*o̝*lĭth)
n.
[Paleo- + -lith.]
(Geol.)
A relic of the Paleolithic era.


word: Paleolithic
definition:
Paleolithic

Pa`le*o*lith"ic
(pā`le̝*o̝*lĭth"ĭk)
a.
(Geol.)
Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements.  The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlier half of the “Stone Age;” the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings.


word: Paleology
definition:
Paleology

Pa`le*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Paleo- + -logy.]
The study or knowledge of antiquities, esp. of prehistoric antiquities; a discourse or treatise on antiquities; archæology .


word: Paleontographical
definition:
Paleontographical

Pa`le*on`to*graph"ic*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the description of fossil remains.


word: Paleontography
definition:
Paleontography

Pa`le*on*tog"ra*phy
(pā`le̝*&obreve_;n*t&obreve_;g"rȧ*f&ybreve_;)
n.
[Paleo- + Gr. 'o`nta existing things + -graphy.]
The description of fossil remains.


word: Paleontological
definition:
Paleontological

Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al
(pā`le̝*&obreve_;n`to̝*l&obreve_;j"ĭ*kal)
a.
Of or pertaining to paleontology.
Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Paleontologist
definition:
Paleontologist

Pa`le*on*tol"o*gist
(pā`le̝*&obreve_;n*t&obreve_;l"o̝*jĭst)
n.
[Cf. F. paléontologiste.]
One versed in paleontology.


word: Paleontology
definition:
Paleontology

Pa`le*on*tol"o*gy
(pā`le̝*&obreve_;n*t&obreve_;l"o̝*j&ybreve_;)
n.
[Paleo- + Gr. 'o`nta existing things + -logy.  Cf. Ontology.]
The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life.


word: Paleophytology
definition:
Paleophytology

Pa`le*o*phy*tol"o*gy
(pā`le̝*o̝*fī*t&obreve_;l"o̝*j&ybreve_;)
n.
[Paleo- + phytology.]
Paleobotany.


word: Paleornithology
definition:
Paleornithology

Pa`le*or`ni*thol"o*gy
(pā`le̝*ôr`nĭ*th&obreve_;l"o̝*j&ybreve_;)
n.
[Paleo- + ornithology.]
The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds.


word: Paleosaurus
definition:
Paleosaurus

Pa`le*o*sau"rus
(pā`le̝*o̝*s&asuml_;"rŭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. palaio`s ancient +  say^ros a lizard.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of fossil saurians found in the Permian formation.


word: Paleotechnic
definition:
Paleotechnic

Pa`le*o*tech"nic
(pā`le̝*o̝*tĕk"nĭk)
a.
[Paleo- + technic.]
Belonging to, or connected with, ancient art.
paleotechnic
D. Wilson.


word: Paleothere
definition:
Paleothere

Pa"le*o*there
(pā"le̝*o̝*thēr)
n.
[F. paléothère.]
(Paleon.)
Any species of Paleotherium.


word: Paleotherian
definition:
Paleotherian

Pa`le*o*the"ri*an
(pā`le̝*o̝*thē"rĭ*an)
a.
[F. paléothérien.]
(Paleon.)
Of or pertaining to Paleotherium.


word: Paleotherium
definition:
Paleotherium

Pa`le*o*the"ri*um
(pā`le̝*o̝*thē"rĭ*ŭm)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. palaio`s ancient + qhri`on beast.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama.
[Written also Palæotherium.]


word: Paleotheroid
definition:
Paleotheroid

Pa`le*o*the"roid
(pā`le̝*o̝*thē"roid)
[Paleothere + -oid.]
(Paleon.)
Resembling Paleotherium.
n. An animal resembling, or allied to, the paleothere.


word: Paleous
definition:
Paleous

Pa"le*ous
(pā`le̝*ŭs)
a.
[L. palea chaff.]
Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Paleozoic
definition:
Paleozoic

Pa`le*o*zo"ic
(pā`le̝*o̝*z&omacr"ĭk)
a.
[Paleo- + Gr. zwh` life, fr. zh^n to live.]
(Geol.)
Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology.


word: Paleozoology
definition:
Paleozoology

Pa`le*o*zo*öl"o*gy
(pā`le̝*o̝*zo̝*&obreve_;l"o̝*j&ybreve_;)
n.
[Paleo- + Zoology.]
The science of extinct animals, a branch of paleontology.


word: Palestinean
definition:
Palestinean

Palestinian

{ Pal`es*tin"i*an (?), Pal`es*tin"e*an (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to Palestine.


word: Palestra
definition:
Palestra

Pa*les"tra
(?)
n.
pl. L. Palestræ (#), E. Palestras (#).
[NL., fr. L. palaestra, Gr. _;, fr. _; to wrestle.]
[Written also palæstra.]
(Antiq.)
(a)
A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general.
(b)
A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.


word: Palestrical
definition:
Palestrical

Palestric

Palestrian

{ Pa*les"tri*an (?), Pa*les"tric (?), Pa*les"tric*al (?), }
a.
[L. palaestricus, Gr. _;.]
Of or pertaining to the palestra, or to wrestling.


word: Paletot
definition:
Paletot

Pal"e*tot
(?)
n.
[F. paletot, OF. palletoc, prob. fr. L. palla (see Palla) + F. toque cap, and so lit., a frock with a cap or hood; cf. Sp. paletoque.]
(a)
An overcoat.
Dickens.
(b)
A lady's outer garment, -- of varying fashion.


word: Palette
definition:
Palette

Pal"ette
(?)
n.
[See Pallet a thin board.]

1.
(Paint.)
A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments. Hence, any other object, usually one with a flat surface, used for the same purpose.
[Written also pallet.]

2.
Hence:
The complete set of colors used by an artist or other person in creating an image, in any medium.  The meaning of this term has been extended in modern times to include the set of colors used in a particular computer application, or the complete set of of colors available in computer displays or printing techniques.

3.
Hence:
The complete range of resources and techniques used in any art, such as music.

4.
(Anc. Armor)
One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
Fairholt.

5.
(Mech.)
A breastplate for a breast drill.

Palette knife, a knife with a very flexible steel blade and no cutting edge, rounded at the end, used by painters to mix colors on the grinding slab or palette. -- To set the palette (Paint.), to lay upon it the required pigments in a certain order, according to the intended use of them in a picture. Fairholt.


word: Palewise
definition:
Palewise

Pale"wise`
(?)
adv.
(Her.)
In the manner of a pale or pales; by perpendicular lines or divisions; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise.


word: Palfrey
definition:
Palfrey

Pal"frey
(?)
n.
[OE. palefrai, OF. palefrei, F. palefroi, LL. palafredus, parafredus, from L. paraveredus a horse for extraordinary occasions, an extra post horse; Gr. para` along, beside + L. veredus a post horse.]

1.
A saddle horse for the road, or for state occasions, as distinguished from a war horse.
Chaucer.

2.
A small saddle horse for ladies.
Spenser.

Call the host and bid him bring
Charger and palfrey.
Tennyson.


word: Pali₂
definition:
Pali

Pa"li
(?)
n.
[Ceylonese, fr. Skr. pāli row, line, series, applied to the series of Buddhist sacred texts.]
A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc.


word: Palification
definition:
Palification

Pal`i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. palus a stake + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. palification. See -fy.]
The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm.
[R.]
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Paliform
definition:
Paliform

Pa"li*form
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals.


word: Palilogy
definition:
Palilogy

Pa*lil"o*gy
(?)
n.
[L. palilogia, Gr. palillogi`a; pa`lin again + le`gein to speak.]
(Rhet.)
The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sake of greater emphasis; as, “The living, the living, he shall praise thee.”
Is. xxxviii. 19.


word: palimony
definition:
palimony

pal"i*mo`ny
(păl"ĭ*m&omacr`n&ybreve_;)
n.
[pal + alimony. (ca. 1975)]
a form of alimony paid to a former partner in a romantic relationship after a period of living together, even though the two persons involved were not married to each other.  The absence of a formal marriage distinguishes it from alimony.


word: palimpsest
definition:
palimpsest

pal"imp*sest
(păl"ĭmp*sĕst)
n.
[L. palimpsestus, Gr. pali`mpshstos scratched or scraped again, pali`mpshston a palimpsest; pa`lin again + psh^n to rub, rub away: cf. F. palimpseste.]
A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second.  The erasures of ancient writings were usually carried on in monasteries, to allow the production of ecclesiastical texts, such as copies of church services and lives of the saints.  The difficulty of recovering the original text varied with the process used to prepare the parchment for a fresh writing; the original texts on parchments which had been washed with lime-water and dried were easily recovered by a chemical process, but those erased by scraping the parchment and bleaching are difficult to interpret.  Most of the manuscripts underlying the palimpsests that have been revived are fragmentary, but some are of great historical value.  One Syriac version of the Four Gospels was discovered in 1895 in St. Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai by Mrs. Agnes Smith Lewis.  See also the notes below.
Longfellow.

&hand_;  Palimpsest is the name given to ancient parchments which have been used more than once for writing purposes.  The conquest of Egypt by the Saracens in the 7th century cut off from Europe the papyrus which was used to write on, and parchment could be had only in limited quantities.  So through the dark ages, old manuscripts were used, after removing the first writing upon them.  Sometimes the writing was washed off with a sponge, and the parchment smoothed with pumice stone; at other times the letters were scraped away with a sharp blade.  Nearly all ancient manuscripts, however, were written with an ink which could not be entirely removed, and traces of a former writing could be seen beneath the new copy.  In modern times there have been various efforts to restore these ancient writings by some chemical treatment.  In this way have been found copies of the Republic of Cicero, the Institutes of Gaius, a part of the Epistle to the Romans, and other parts of the Old and New Testaments.  The Republic of Cicero was covered by a commentary on the Psalms, written by St. Augustine.
Student's Cyclopedia, 1897.

&hand_;  In an auction on November 6, 1998, a 12th-century palimpsest of one of Archimedes' works was sold for 2 million dollars.   The 174-page book, the oldest known copy of Archimedes' work, had been owned by a French family since the 1920s, and was sold by Christie's auction house in New York to an unidentified private American collector.
    The palimpsest volume includes notes and calculations for two of the Greek mathematician's most famous theories, On Floating Bodies and Method of Mechanical Theorems.
    A Christie's spokesperson said the buyer, who was not identified, indicated that the work would be made available to scholars.
    Also bidding was the Greek government, which claimed the work was stolen from a library in the former Constantinople, now Istanbul, and belonged to Greece.  According to the Athens News Agency, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem took Christie's to court claiming that the manuscript was part of its library, which had been transferred to Istanbul and later to Athens for safekeeping.  The court, however, ruled that Christie's had the right to auction the manuscript for a French family, which claimed to own it for the last 75 years since one of the family's ancestors bought it from Orthodox monks in Istanbul.  According to the court's ruling, French law applied in the case, under which a person who holds any object for more than 30 years becomes its rightful owner.


word: Palindrome
definition:
Palindrome

Pal"in*drome
(?)
n.
[Gr. pali`ndromos running back again; pa`lin again + dramei^n to run: cf. F. palindrome.]
A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel.


word: Palindromical
definition:
Palindromical

Palindromic

{ Pal`in*drom"ic (?), Pal`in*drom"ic*al (?), }
a.
Of, pertaining to, or like, a palindrome.


word: Paling
definition:
Paling

Pal"ing
(?)
n.
1.
Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a limit; an inclosure.

They moved within the paling of order and decorum.
De Quincey.

2.
The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the stripes themselves.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Paling board, one of the slabs sawed from the sides of a log to fit it to be sawed into boards. [Eng.]


word: Palingenesy
definition:
Palingenesy

Palingenesis

{ Pal`in*gen"e*sis (?), Pal`in*gen"e*sy (?), }
n.
[Gr. _;; pa`lin again + _; birth: cf. F. palingénésie. See Genesis.]

1.
A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form.

2.
Hence:
The passing over of the soul of one person or animal into the body of another person or animal, at the time of the death of the first; the transmigration of souls.  Called also metempsychosis.

3.
(Biol.)
That form of development of an individual organism in which in which ancestral characteristics occurring during its evolution are conserved by heredity and reproduced,  sometimes transiently, in the course of individual development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from cenogenesis (kenogenesis or coenogenesis), in which the mode of individual development has been modified so that the evolutionary process had become obscured.  Sometimes, in Zoology, the term is applied to the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.  See also the note under recapitulation.


word: Palingenetic
definition:
Palingenetic

Pal`in*ge*net"ic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to palingenesis: as, a palingenetic process.
Pal`in*ge*net"ic*al*ly (#), adv.


word: Palinode
definition:
Palinode

Pal"i*node
(?)
n.
[L. palinodia, from Gr. _;; pa`lin again + _; a song. See Ode.]
1.
An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.

2.
A retraction; esp., a formal retraction.
Sandys.


word: Palinurus
definition:
Palinurus

Pal`inu"rus
(?)
n.
[So called from L. Palinurus, the pilot of Aeneas.]
(Naut.)
An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass.


word: Palisade
definition:
Palisade

Pal`i*sade"
(?)
n.
[F. palissade, cf. Sp. palizada, It. palizzata, palizzo, LL. palissata; all fr. L. palus a stake, pale. See Pale a stake.]
1.
(Fort.)
A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense.

2.
Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes.

3.
A line of bold cliffs, esp. one showing basaltic columns; -- usually in pl., and orig. used as the name of the cliffs on the west bank of the lower Hudson.

Palisade cells (Bot.), vertically elongated parenchyma cells, such as are seen beneath the epidermis of the upper surface of many leaves. -- Palisade worm (Zool.), a nematoid worm (Strongylus armatus), parasitic in the blood vessels of the horse, in which it produces aneurisms, often fatal.


word: Palisade₂
definition:
Palisade

Pal`i*sade"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Palisaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Palisading.]
[Cf. F. palissader.]
To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades.


word: Palissy
definition:
Palissy

Pal"is*sy
(?)
a.
Designating, or of the nature of, a kind of pottery made by Bernard Palissy, in France, in the 16th centry.

Palissy ware, glazed pottery like that made by Bernard Palissy; especially, that having figures of fishes, reptiles, etc., in high relief.  See Palissy, below.


word: Pallissy
definition:
Pallissy

Pallissy
(pä*le̝*se̝")
prop. n.
Bernard Pallissy, the great French potter, was born in Agen, in 1509, and wandered as a glass and portrait painter until he married and settled in Saintes in 1538.  While working here as a surveyor his attention was attracted by an enameled cup, and he determined to discover the process and after 16 years of continuous labor and experiment in which he used all his resources and burned the tables and floors for fuel, he succeeded, and though imprisoned in 1562 as a Huguenot he was released by royal edict and appointed "inventor of figulines" to the king.  He removed to Paris in 1564, and through the aid of Catherine de Medici was saved from the massacre of St. Bartholomew.  From 1575 to 1584 he gave a course of lectures on physics and natural history, demonstrating the origin of springs, the formation of fossil shell, and the best method of purifying water.  In 1585, however, he was again arrested as a Huguenot and imprisoned in the Bastille, where he died in 1589.  See H. Morley's Palissy the Potter.
Student's Cyclopedia, 1897.


word: Pall₂
definition:
Pall

Pall
n.
[OE. pal, AS. pæl, from L. pallium cover, cloak, mantle, pall; cf. L. palla robe, mantle.]
1.
An outer garment; a cloak mantle.

His lion's skin changed to a pall of gold.
Spenser.

2.
A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages.
[Obs.]
Wyclif (Esther viii. 15).

3.
(R. C. Ch.)
Same as Pallium.

About this time Pope Gregory sent two archbishop's palls into England, -- the one for London, the other for York.
Fuller.

4.
(Her.)
A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y.

5.
A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb.

Warriors carry the warrior's pall.
Tennyson.

6.
(Eccl.)
A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; -- used to put over the chalice.


word: Pall₄
definition:
Pall

Pall
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Palled (p&asuml_;ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Palling.]
[Either shortened fr. appall, or fr. F. pâlir to grow pale.  Cf. Appall, Pale, a.]
To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls.

Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover,
Fades in the eye, and palls upon the sense.
Addisin.


word: Pall₅
definition:
Pall

Pall
v. t.
1.
To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken.
Chaucer.

Reason and reflection . . . pall all his enjoyments.
Atterbury.

2.
To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite.


word: Palla
definition:
Palla

Pal"la
(?)
n.
[L. See Pall a cloak.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches.


word: Palladian
definition:
Palladian

Pal*la"di*an
(păl*lā"dĭ*an)
prop. a.
(Arch.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a variety of the revived classic style of architecture, founded on the works of Andrea Palladio, an Italian architect of the 16th century; as, a Palladian window.


word: Palladian₂
definition:
Palladian

Pal*la"di*an
(păl*lā"dĭ*an)
prop. a.
[From Pallas, Athena.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the Greek goddess Athena, also called Pallas.

2.
Pertaining to wisdom or knowledge; -- Athena being the goddess of wisdom.


word: Palladian₃
definition:
Palladian

Pal*la"di*an
(păl*lā"dĭ*an)
prop. n.
(Arch.)
A follower of the architectural style of Andrea Palladio.


word: Palladic
definition:
Palladic

Pal*la"dic
(păl*lā"dĭk or păl*lăd"ĭk)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, palladium; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with palladious compounds.


word: Palladious
definition:
Palladious

Pal*la"di*ous
(păl*lā"dĭ*ŭs)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or containing, palladium; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which palladium has a lower valence as compared with palladic compounds.


word: Palladium
definition:
Palladium

Pal*la"di*um
(păl*lā"dĭ*ŭm)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. Palla`dion, fr. Palla`s, Palla`dos, Pallas.]

1.
(Gr. Antiq.)
Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue on the preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy.

2.
Hence:
That which affords effectual protection or security; a safeguard; as, the trial by jury is the palladium of our civil rights.
Blackstone.


word: Palladium₂
definition:
Palladium

Pal*la"di*um
n.
[NL.]
(Chem.)
A rare metallic element of the light platinum group, found native, and also alloyed with platinum and gold.  It is a silver-white metal resembling platinum, and like it permanent and untarnished in the air, but is more easily fusible, with a melting point of 1555° C.  It can also be prepared as a finely divided black powder.  It is unique in its power of absorbing hydrogen, which it does to the extent of nearly a thousand volumes, forming the alloy Pd2H.  It is used for graduated circles and verniers, for plating certain silver goods, and somewhat in dentistry.  It was so named in 1804 by Wollaston from the asteroid Pallas, which was discovered in 1802.  Symbol Pd.  Atomic number, 46.  Atomic weight, 106.42.  Density 12.0.


word: palladiumize
definition:
palladiumize

pal*la"di*um*ize
(păl"lā"dĭ*ŭm*īz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Palladiumized (păl"lā"dĭ*ŭm*īzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Palladiumizing (păl"lā"dĭ*ŭm*ī`zĭng).]
To cover or coat with palladium.
[R.]


word: pallah
definition:
pallah

pal"lah
(păl"lȧ)
n.
(Zool.)
A large South African antelope (Aepyceros melampus).  The male has long lyrate and annulated horns.  The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup.  Called also roodebok.


word: Pallas
definition:
Pallas

Pal"las
(păl"las)
prop. n.
[L., fr. Gr. Palla`s, Palla`dos.]
(Gr. Myth.)
Pallas Athena, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called also Athena, Pallas Athene or Athene, and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva.


word: pallbearer
definition:
pallbearer

pall"bear*er
(p&asuml_;l"bâr*ẽr)
n.
One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.


word: pallet
definition:
pallet

pal"let
(păl"lĕt)
n.
[OE. paillet, F. paillet a heap of straw, fr. paille straw, fr. L. palea chaff; cf. Gr. _; fine meal, dust, Skr. pala straw, palāva chaff.  Cf. Paillasse.]
A small and mean bed; a bed of straw.
Milton.


word: Pallet
definition:
Pallet

Pal"let
n.
[Dim. of pale. See Pale a stake.]
(Her.)
A perpendicular band upon an escutcheon, one half the breadth of the pale.


word: Pallet₂
definition:
Pallet

Pal"let
n.
[F. palette: af. It. paletta; prop. and orig., a fire shovel, dim. of L. pala a shovel, spade. See Peel a shovel.]
1.
(Paint.)
Same as Palette.

2.
(Pottery)
(a)
A wooden implement used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works.  It is oval, round, and of other forms.
(b)
A potter's wheel.

3.
(Gilding)
(a)
An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it.
(b)
A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.

4.
(Brickmaking)
A board on which a newly molded brick is conveyed to the hack.
Knight.

5.
(Mach.)
(a)
A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.
(b)
One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump.
Knight.

6.
(Horology)
One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel.
Brande & C.

7.
(Mus.)
In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes.

8.
(Zool.)
One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, as the Teredo.  See Illust. of Teredo.

9.
A cup containing three ounces, -- formerly used by surgeons.

10.
A low movable platform used for temporary storage of objects so that they can be conveniently moved; it is commonly made of wooden boards, about 4 inches high, and typically has openings in the side into which the blades of a fork-lift truck may be inserted so as to lift and move the pallet and the objects on it.


word: Pallial
definition:
Pallial

Pal"li*al
(?)
a.
[L. pallium a mantle. See Pall.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve.

Pallial chamber (Zool.), the cavity inclosed by the mantle. -- Pallial sinus (Zool.), an inward bending of the pallial line, near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to receive the siphon. See Illust. of Bivalve.


word: Palliament
definition:
Palliament

Pal"li*a*ment
(?)
n.
[LL. palliare to clothe, fr. L. pallium a mantle. See Pall the garment.]
A dress; a robe.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Palliard
definition:
Palliard

Pal"liard
(?)
n.
[F. paillard, orig., one addicted to the couch, fr. paille straw. See Pallet a small bed.]

1.
A born beggar; a vagabond.
[Obs.]
Halliwell.

2.
A lecher; a lewd person.
[Obs.]
Dryden.


word: Palliate
definition:
Palliate

Pal"li*ate
(?)
a.
[L. palliatus, fr. pallium a cloak. See Pall the garment.]
1.
Covered with a mantle; cloaked; hidden; disguised.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.

2.
Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
[Obs.]
Bp. Fell.


word: Palliate₂
definition:
Palliate

Pal"li*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Palliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Palliating (?).]
1.
To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide.
[Obs.]

Being palliated with a pilgrim's coat.
Sir T. Herbert.

2.
To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults.

They never hide or palliate their vices.
Swift.

3.
To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease without curing; as, to palliate a disease.

To palliate dullness, and give time a shove.
Cowper.


word: Palliation
definition:
Palliation

Pal`li*a"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. palliation.]
1.
The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices.

2.
Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease.
Bacon.

3.
That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised.
[Obs.]


word: Palliative
definition:
Palliative

Pal"li*a*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. palliatif.]
Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate, mitigate, or alleviate.


word: Pallid
definition:
Pallid

Pal"lid
(?)
a.
[L. pallidus, fr. pallere to be or look pale. See pale, a.]
Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue.
Spenser.


word: Palliobranchiate
definition:
Palliobranchiate

Pal`li*o*bran"chi*ate
(?)
a.
[See Pallium, and Branchia.]
(Zool.)
Having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as in brachiopods.


word: Pallium
definition:
Pallium

Pal"li*um
(?)
n.
pl. L. Pallia (_;), E. Palliums (#).
[L. See Pall the garment.]
1.
(Anc. Costume)
A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks and by certain Romans.  It is the Roman name of a Greek garment.

2.
(R. C. Ch.)
A band of white wool, worn on the shoulders, with four purple crosses worked on it; a pall.

&hand_; The wool is obtained from two lambs brought to the basilica of St. Agnes, Rome, and blessed.  It is worn by the pope, and sent to patriarchs, primates, and archbishops, as a sign that they share in the plenitude of the episcopal office.  Before it is sent, the pallium is laid on the tomb of St. Peter, where it remains all night.

3.
(Zool.)
(a)
The mantle of a bivalve. See Mantle.
(b)
The mantle of a bird.


word: Pall-mall
definition:
Pall-mall

Pall`-mall"
(?)
n.
[OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer, fr. L. malleus. See 1st Ball, and Mall a beetle.]
A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron.  The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall.
[Written also pail-mail and pell-mell.]
Sir K. Digby. Evelyn.


word: Pallone
definition:
Pallone

Pal*lo"ne
(?)
n.
[It., a large ball, fr. palla ball. See Balloon.]
An Italian game, played with a large leather ball.


word: pallor
definition:
pallor

pal"lor
(?)
n.
[L., fr. pallere to be or look pale. See Pale, a.]
Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion.
Jer. Taylor.


word: pally
definition:
pally

pal"ly
adj.
Having the relationship of friends or pals; -- used colloquially.

Syn. -- chummy, matey, palsy-walsy.


word: palm
definition:
palm

palm
(päm)
n.
[OE. paume, F. paume, L. palma, Gr. pala`mh, akin to Skr. pā&nsdot_;i hand, and E. fumble. See Fumble, Feel, and cf. 2d Palm.]
1.
(Anat.)
The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.

Clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm.
Tennyson.

2.
A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height.

&hand_; In Greece, the palm was reckoned at three inches.  The Romans adopted two measures of this name, the lesser palm of 2.91 inches, and the greater palm of 8.73 inches. At the present day, this measure varies in the most arbitrary manner, being different in each country, and occasionally varying in the same.
Internat. Cyc.

3.
(Sailmaking)
A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn on the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.

4.
(Zool.)
The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; -- so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.

5.
(Naut.)
The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.

to grease the palm of, v. t. To bribe or tip. [Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]


word: Palm
definition:
Palm

Palm
n.
[AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See 1st Palm, and cf. Pam.]

1.
(Bot.)
Any endogenous tree of the order Palmæ or Palmaceæ; a palm tree.

&hand_; Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks.  The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles.  They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft.  There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions.  The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy.  Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm and palmetto.

2.
A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.

A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands.
Rev. vii. 9.

3.
Hence:
Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy.
palm
Chaucer.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
Shak.

Molucca palm (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia (Molucella lævis), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. -- Palm cabbage, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. -- Palm cat (Zool.), the common paradoxure. -- Palm crab (Zool.), the purse crab. -- Palm oil, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm (Elæis Guineensis), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See Elæis. -- Palm swift (Zool.), a small swift (Cypselus Batassiensis) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. -- Palm toddy. Same as Palm wine. -- Palm weevil (Zool.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus Rhynchophorus. The larvæ bore into palm trees, and are called palm borers, and grugru worms. They are considered excellent food. -- Palm wine, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm (Phœnix sylvestrix), the palmyra, and the Caryota urens.  When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery.  Called also palm toddy. -- Palm worm, or Palmworm. (Zool.) (a) The larva of a palm weevil. (b) A centipede.


word: Palm₂
definition:
Palm

Palm
(päm)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Palmed (pämd); p. pr. & vb. n. Palming.]
1.
To handle.
[Obs.]
Prior.

2.
To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle.

They palmed the trick that lost the game.
Prior.

3.
Hence:
To take (something small) stealthily, especially by concealing it in the palm of the hand; as, he palmed one of the coins and walked out with it.

4.
To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually with on or upon; as, to palm a stolen coin on an unsuspecting dealer.  See also palm off.

For you may palm upon us new for old.
Dryden.


word: Palmaceae
definition:
Palmaceae

Palmaceae
n.
A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales.

Syn. -- Palmae, family Palmae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family.


word: Palmaceous
definition:
Palmaceous

Pal*ma"ceous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling, palms.


word: Palma Christi
definition:
Palma Christi

Pal"ma Chris"ti
(?)
[L., palm of Christ.]
(Bot.)
A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also castor-oil plant.
[Sometimes corrupted into palmcrist.]


word: Palmae
definition:
Palmae

Palmae
prop. n.
A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs; same as Palmaceae; coextensive with the order Palmales.

Syn. -- family Palmae, Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family.


word: Palmales
definition:
Palmales

Palmales
prop. n.
A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs coextensive with the family Palmae; -- the palms.

Syn. -- order Palmales.


word: Palmar
definition:
Palmar

Pal"mar
(?)
a.
[L. palmaris, fr. palma the palm of the hand: cf. F. palmaire.]
1.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of the hand.

2.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the under side of the wings of birds.


word: Palmarium
definition:
Palmarium

Pal*ma"ri*um
(?)
n.
pl. Palmaria (#).
[NL. See Palmar.]
(Zool.)
One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.


word: Palmary₂
definition:
Palmary

Pal"ma*ry
a.
[L. palmarius, palmaris, belonging to palms, deserving the palm or prize, fr. palma a palm.]
Worthy of the palm; palmy; preëminent; superior; principal; chief; as, palmary work.
Br. Horne.


word: Palmated
definition:
Palmated

Palmate

{ Pal"mate (?), Pal"ma*ted (?), }
a.
[L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.]

1.
Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.

2.
(Bot.)
Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers.
Gray.

3.
(Zool.)
(a)
Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under Aves.
(b)
Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc.


word: Palmatifid
definition:
Palmatifid

Pal*mat"i*fid
(?)
a.
[L. palmatus palmate + root of findere to split.]
(Bot.)
Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center.


word: Palmatilobed
definition:
Palmatilobed

Pal*mat"i*lobed
(?)
a.
[L. palmatus palmate + E. lobed.]
(Bot.)
Palmate, with the divisions separated less than halfway to the common center.


word: Palmatisected
definition:
Palmatisected

Palmatisect

{ Pal*mat"i*sect (?), Pal*mat`i*sect"ed (?), }
a.
[L. palmatus palmate + secare to cut.]
(Bot.)
Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the parenchyma is interrupted.


word: Palmed
definition:
Palmed

Palmed
(?)
a.
Having or bearing a palm or palms.

Palmed deer (Zool.), a stag of full growth, bearing palms. See 1st Palm, 4.


word: Palmer₂
definition:
Palmer

Palm"er
n.
[From Palm the tree.]
A wandering religious votary; especially, one who bore a branch of palm as a token that he had visited the Holy Land and its sacred places.
Chaucer.

Pilgrims and palmers plighted them together.
P. Plowman.

The pilgrim had some home or dwelling place, the palmer had none.  The pilgrim traveled to some certain, designed place or places, but the palmer to all.
T. Staveley.


word: Palmerworm
definition:
Palmerworm

Palm"er*worm`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer.  The name is applied also to other voracious insects.
Joel. i. 4.
(b)
In America, the larva of any one of several moths, which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, esp. the larva of Ypsolophus pometellus, which sometimes appears in vast numbers.


word: Palmette
definition:
Palmette

Pal*mette"
(?)
n.
[F., dim. of palme a palm.]
A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament.


word: Palmetto
definition:
Palmetto

Pal*met"to
(?)
n.
[Dim. of palm the tree: cf. Sp. palmito.]
(Bot.)
A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States.  In the United States, the name is applied especially to the Chamærops Palmetto, or Sabal Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas.  See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage.

Royal palmetto, the West Indian Sabal umbraculifera, the trunk of which, when hollowed, is used for water pipes, etc. The leaves are used for thatching, and for making hats, ropes, etc. -- Saw palmetto, Sabal serrulata, a native of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida.  The nearly impassable jungle which it forms is called palmetto scrub.


word: Palmetto flag
definition:
Palmetto flag

Pal*met"to flag
Any of several flags adopted by South Carolina after its secession.  That adopted in November, 1860, had a green cabbage palmetto in the center of a white field; the final one, January, 1861, had a white palmetto in the center of a blue field and a white crescent in the upper left-hand corner.


word: Palmetto State
definition:
Palmetto State

Palmetto State
prop. n.
South Carolina; -- a nickname alluding to the State Arms, which contain a representation of a palmetto tree.


word: Palmic
definition:
Palmic

Pal"mic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. palmique.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi) and other species of the family Euphorbiaceae; -- formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid (d-12-hydroxyoleic acid, C18H34O3).
[Obsoles.]


word: Palmidactyles
definition:
Palmidactyles

Pal`mi*dac"ty*les
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Palm, and Dactyl.]
(Zool.)
A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet.


word: Palmiferous
definition:
Palmiferous

Pal*mif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. palmifer; palma a palm + ferre to bear: cf. F. palmifère.]
Bearing palms.


word: Palmigrade
definition:
Palmigrade

Pal"mi*grade
(?)
a.
[L. palma palm of the hand + gradi to walk.]
(Zool.)
Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals.


word: Palmin
definition:
Palmin

Pal"min
(?)
n.
[From palma Christi: cf. F. palmine.]
(Chem.)
(a)
A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil.
(b)
Ricinolein.
[Obs.]


word: Palmiped
definition:
Palmiped

Pal"mi*ped
(?)
a.
[L. palmipes, -edis, broad-footed; palma the palm of the hand + pes a foot; cf. F. palmipède.]
(Zool.)
Web-footed, as a water fowl.
n. A swimming bird; a bird having webbed feet.


word: Palmistry
definition:
Palmistry

Pal`mis*try
(?)
n.
[See Palmister.]
1.
The art or practice of divining or telling fortunes, or of judging of character, by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand; chiromancy.
Ascham. Cowper.

2.
A dexterous use or trick of the hand.
Addison.


word: Palmite
definition:
Palmite

Pal"mite
(?)
n.
[From Palm.]
(Bot.)
A South African plant (Prionium Palmita) of the Rush family, having long serrated leaves.  The stems have been used for making brushes.


word: Palmitic
definition:
Palmitic

Pal*mit"ic
(?)
a.
(Physiol. Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil; as, palmitic acid (C16H32O2), a white crystalline substance belonging to the fatty acid series.  It is readily soluble in hot alcohol, and melts to a liquid oil at 62° C.


word: Palmitin
definition:
Palmitin

Pal"mi*tin
(?)
n.
[So called because abundant in palm oil.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and in vegetables.  It occurs mixed with stearin and olein in the fat of animal tissues, with olein and butyrin in butter, with olein in olive oil, etc.  Chemically, it is a glyceride of palmitic acid, three molecules of palmitic acid being united to one molecule of glyceryl, and hence it is technically called tripalmitin, or glyceryl tripalmitate.


word: Palmitolic
definition:
Palmitolic

Pal`mi*tol"ic
(?)
a.
[Palmitic + -oleic + ic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an artificial acid of the oleic acid series, isomeric with linoleic acid.


word: palm off
definition:
palm off

palm` off"
(päm)
v. t.
(a)
To dispose of fraudulently or deceptively; as, to palm off a counterfeit item as genuine.
Hence:
(b)
To induce acceptance of (something) by misrepresenting it as something better.


word: Palm Sunday
definition:
Palm Sunday

Palm" Sun`day
(?)
(Eccl.)
The Sunday next before Easter; -- so called in commemoration of the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches in the way.  The event is commemorated in Christian churches by distribution of blessed palm leaves.


word: Palmy
definition:
Palmy

Palm"y
(?)
a.
1.
Bearing palms; abounding in palms; derived from palms; as, a palmy shore.
Pope.

His golden sands and palmy wine.
Goldsmith.

2.
Worthy of the palm; flourishing; prosperous.

In the most high and palmy state of Rome.
Shak.


word: Palmyra
definition:
Palmyra

Pal*my"ra
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves.  It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea.  More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers.  Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts.


word: Palo
definition:
Palo

Pa"lo
(?)
n.
[Sp. See Pale a stake.]
A pole or timber of any kind; -- in the names of trees.
[Sp. Amer.]


word: Palo blanco
definition:
Palo blanco

Pa"lo blan"co
(?)
[Sp. blanco white.]
(a)
A western American hackberry (Celtis reticulata), having light-colored bark.
(b)
A Mexican mimosaceous tree (Lysiloma candida), the bark of which is used in tanning.


word: Palolo worm
definition:
Palolo worm

Palolo

{ Pa*lo"lo (?), n., or Palolo worm  }
[From native name.]
(Zool.)
A polystome worm (Palolo viridis) that burrows in the coral reefs of certain of the Pacific Islands.  A little before the last quarter of the moon in October and November, they swarm in vast numbers at the surface of the sea for breeding, and are gathered and highly esteemed as food by the natives.  An allied species inhabits the tropical Atlantic and swarms in June or July.
In the 1890 Webster, called palola and Palola viridis.  A misspelling?


word: Palometa
definition:
Palometa

Pa`lo*me"ta
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A type of pompano (Palometa simillima) that is smaller than the Florida pompano; it is common in West Indies.  Called also the California pompano.

Syn. -- California pompano,  Palometa simillima.


word: palomino
definition:
palomino

pal`o*mi"no
(păl`ŭ*mē"no̝)
n.
[Sp. palomino, resembling a dove.]
A horse of light tan or golden color with cream or white mane and tail, and often having white markings on the legs and face.


word: Palp₂
definition:
Palp

Palp
v. t.
[L. palpare: cf. F. palper.]
To have a distinct touch or feeling of; to feel.
[Obs.]

To bring a palpèd darkness o'er the earth.
Heywood.


word: Palpability
definition:
Palpability

Pal`pa*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality of being palpable, or perceptible by the touch.
Arbuthnot.


word: Palpable
definition:
Palpable

Pal"pa*ble
(?)
a.
[F. palpable, L. palpabilis, fr. palpare to feel, stroke; cf. palpus the soft palm of the hand.]
1.
Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form.
Shak.

Darkness must overshadow all his bounds,
Palpable darkness.
Milton.

2.
Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors.
palpable
P. Plowman.

[Lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable.
Shak.

A hit, A very palpable hit.
Shak. (Hamlet)


word: palpate
definition:
palpate

palpate
v. t.
To examine for medical purposes by touching, as of body parts; as, the nurse palpated the patient's stomach.

Syn. -- feel.


word: Palpation
definition:
Palpation

Pal*pa"tion
(?)
n.
[L. palpatio, fr. palpare. See Palpable.]
1.
Act of touching or feeling.

2.
(Med.)
Examination of a patient by touch.
Quain.


word: Palpator
definition:
Palpator

Pal*pa"tor
(?)
n.
[L., a stroker.]
(Zool.)
One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi.


word: Palpebral
definition:
Palpebral

Pal"pe*bral
(?)
a.
[L. palpebralis, fr. palpebra: cf. F. palpébral.]
Of or pertaining to the eyelids.


word: Palpicorn
definition:
Palpicorn

Pal"pi*corn
(?)
n.
[See Palpus, and Cornu.]
(Zool.)
One of a group of aquatic beetles (Palpicornia) having short club-shaped antennæ, and long maxillary palpi.


word: Palpiform
definition:
Palpiform

Pal"pi*form
(?)
a.
[Palpus + -form: cf. F. palpiforme.]
(Zool.)
Having the form of a palpus.


word: Palpiger
definition:
Palpiger

Pal"pi*ger
(?)
n.
[See Palpigerous.]
(Zool.)
That portion of the labium which bears the palpi in insects.


word: Palpitate
definition:
Palpitate

Pal"pi*tate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Palpitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Palpitating (?).]
[L. palpitare, palpitatum, v. intens. fr. pappare. See Palpable.]
To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; -- said specifically of the heart when its action is abnormal, as from excitement.


word: Palpitation
definition:
Palpitation

Pal`pi*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. palpitatio: cf. F. palpitation.]
A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.


word: Palpocil
definition:
Palpocil

Pal"po*cil
(?)
n.
[See Palpus, and Cilium.]
(Zool.)
A minute soft filamentary process springing from the surface of certain hydroids and sponges.


word: Palpus
definition:
Palpus

Pal"pus
(?)
n.
pl. Palpi (#).
[NL. See Palp.]
(Zool.)
A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera.


word: Palsgrave
definition:
Palsgrave

Pals"grave`
(?)
n.
[D. paltsgraaf; palts palace (l. palatium) + graaf count; cf. G. pfalzgraf. See Palace, and Landgrave.]
(Ger. Hist.)
A count or earl who presided in the domestic court, and had the superintendence, of a royal household in Germany.


word: Palsgravine
definition:
Palsgravine

Pals"gra*vine`
(?)
n.
[D. paltsgravin: cf. G. pfalzgrafin.]
The consort or widow of a palsgrave.


word: Palstave
definition:
Palstave

Pal"stave`
(?)
n.
[Dan. paalstav.]
A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age.
Dawkins.


word: Palsy
definition:
Palsy

Pal"sy
(?)
n.
pl. Palsies (#).
[OE. palesie, parlesy, OF. paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See Paralysis.]
(Med.)
Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.
palsy
Mark ii. 3.

Bell's palsy, paralysis of the facial nerve, producing distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from Sir Charles Bell, an English surgeon who described it. -- Scrivener's palsy. See Writer's cramp, under Writer. -- Shaking palsy, (Med.) paralysis agitans, a disease usually occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait; now called parkinsonism, or Parkinson's disease.


word: Palsy₂
definition:
Palsy

Pal"sy
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Palsied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Palsying.]
To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.


word: Palsywort
definition:
Palsywort

Pal"sy*wort`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers.
Dr. Prior.


word: Palter
definition:
Palter

Pal"ter
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Paltered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paltering.]
[See Paltry.]
1.
To haggle.
[Obs.]
Cotgrave.

2.
To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.

Romans, that have spoke the word,
And will not palter.
Shak.

Who never sold the truth to serve the hour,
Nor paltered with eternal God for power.
Tennyson.

3.
To babble; to chatter.
[Obs.]


word: Palter₂
definition:
Palter

Pal"ter
v. t.
To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.
[Obs.]
Palter
Beau. & Fl.


word: Palterly
definition:
Palterly

Pal"ter*ly
a. & adv.
Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
palterly
Pepys.


word: paltry
definition:
paltry

pal"try
(p&asuml_;l"tr&ybreve_;)
a.
[Compar. Paltrier (p&asuml_;l"trĭ*ẽr); superl. Paltriest.]
[Cf. Prov. E. paltry refuse, rubbish, LG. palterig ragged, palte, palter, a rag, a tatter, Dan. pialt, Sw. palta, pl. paltor.]
Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold.
Cowper.

The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost.
Byron.


word: Paludal
definition:
Paludal

Pa*lu"dal
(?)
a.
[L. palus, -udis, a marsh.]
Of or pertaining to marshes or fens; marshy.
[R.]

Paludal fever, malarial fever; -- so called because generated in marshy districts.


word: Paludamentum
definition:
Paludamentum

Pa*lu`da*men*tum
(?)
n.
pl. Paladumenta (_;).
(Rom. Antiq.)
A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers.


word: Paludicolae
definition:
Paludicolae

Pal`u*dic"o*læ
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. palus, -udis, a marsh + colere to inhabit.]
(Zool.)
A division of birds, including the cranes, rails, etc.


word: Paludicole
definition:
Paludicole

Pa*lu"di*cole
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. paludicole.]
(Zool.)
Marsh-inhabiting; belonging to the Paludicolæ


word: Paludina
definition:
Paludina

Pal`u*di"na
(?)
n.
pl. L. Paludinæ (#), E. Paludinas (#).
[NL., fr. L. palus, -udis, a marsh, pool.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to Paludina, Melantho, and allied genera.  They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands.  See Illust. of Pond snail, under Pond.


word: Paludinous
definition:
Paludinous

Pa*lu"di*nous
(?)
a.
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
Paludinal.
(b)
Like or pertaining to the genus Paludina.

2.
Of or pertaining to a marsh or fen.
[R.]


word: Paludism
definition:
Paludism

Pa*lu"dism
(?)
n.
(Med.)
The morbid phenomena produced by dwelling among marshes; malarial disease or disposition.


word: Palus
definition:
Palus

Pa"lus
(?)
n.
pl. Pali (#).
[L., a stake.]
(Zool.)
One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.


word: Palustral
definition:
Palustral

Pa*lus"tral
(?)
a.
[L. paluster, -ustris.]
Of or pertaining to a bog or marsh; boggy.
[R.]


word: Paly₂
definition:
Paly

Pal"y
a.
[Cf. F. palé. See Pale a stake.]
(Her.)
Divided into four or more equal parts by perpendicular lines, and of two different tinctures disposed alternately.


word: pam
definition:
pam

pam
(?)
n.
[From Palm victory; cf. trump, fr. triumph, and perh. fr. F. pamphile from Pamphile, a man's name.]
1.
The knave of clubs.
[Obs.]
Pope.

2.
A card game in which the jack of clubs is trump.


word: Pampas
definition:
Pampas

Pam"pas
(?)
n. pl.
[Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.]
Vast grass-covered plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America.  The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains east of the Andes extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia.

Pampas cat (Zool.), a South American wild cat (Felis pajeros).  It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or brown.  It is about three and a half feet long.  Called also straw cat. -- Pampas deer (Zool.), a small, reddish-brown, South American deer (Cervus campestris syn. Blastocerus campestris). -- Pampas grass (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass (Gynerium argenteum) with a silvery-white silky panicle.  It is a native of the pampas of South America.


word: Pamper
definition:
Pamper

Pam"per
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Pampered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pampering.]
[Cf. LG. pampen, slampampen, to live luxuriously, pampe thick pap, and E. pap.]

1.
To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut; as, to pamper the body or the appetite.
pampered
Dr. T. Dwight.

2.
To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to pamper pride; to pamper the imagination.
South.


word: Pampered
definition:
Pampered

Pam"pered
(?)
a.
Fed luxuriously; indulged to the full; hence, luxuriant; as, pampered children.
Pampered
Milton.
Pampered
Pope.
Pam"pered*ness, n.
Bp. Hall.


word: Pampero
definition:
Pampero

Pam*pe"ro
(?)
n.
[Sp., fr. pampa a plain.]
A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing great damage.
Sir W. Parish.


word: Pamperos
definition:
Pamperos

Pam*pe"ros
(?)
n. pl.
sing. Pampero (_;).
[Sp. American.]
(Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians inhabiting the pampas of South America.


word: Pamphlet
definition:
Pamphlet

Pam"phlet
(păm"flĕt)
n.
[OE. pamflet, pamfilet, paunflet, possibly fr. OF. palme the palm of the hand, F. paume (see Palm) + OF. fueillet a leaf, dim. of fueil, m., F. feuille, f., fr. L. folium, pl. folia, thus meaning, a leaf to be held in the hand; or perh. through old French, fr. L. Pamphila, a female historian of the first century who wrote many epitomes; prob., however, fr. OF. Pamflette, the Old French name given to Pamphilus, a poem in Latin verse of the 12th century, pamphlets being named from the popularity of this poem.]
1.
A writing; a book.
Testament of love.

Sir Thomas More in his pamphlet of Richard the Third.
Ascham.

2.
A small book consisting of a few sheets of printed paper, stitched together, often with a paper cover, but not bound; a short essay or written discussion, usually on a subject of current interest.


word: Pamphleteer
definition:
Pamphleteer

Pam`phlet*eer"
(păm`flĕt*ēr")
n.
A writer of pamphlets; a scribbler.
Dryden. Macaulay.


word: Pamphleteer₂
definition:
Pamphleteer

Pam`phlet*eer"
v. i.
To write or publish pamphlets.

By pamphleteering we shall not win.
C. Kingsley.


word: Pampiniform
definition:
Pampiniform

Pam*pin"i*form
(?)
a.
[L. pampinus a tendril + -form.]
(Anat.)
In the form of tendrils; -- applied especially to the spermatic and ovarian veins.


word: Pampre
definition:
Pampre

Pam"pre
(păm"pẽr)
n.
[F. pampre a vine branch, L. pampinus.]
(Sculp.)
An ornament, composed of vine leaves and bunches of grapes, used for decorating spiral columns.


word: Pamprodactylous
definition:
Pamprodactylous

Pam`pro*dac"tyl*ous
(?)
a.
[Pan- + Gr. pro` forward + da`ktylos finger.]
(Zool.)
Having all the toes turned forward, as the colies.


word: Panto-
definition:
Panto-

Panta-

Pan-

{ Pan- (?), Pan"ta- (?), Pan"to- (?) }
[Gr. _;, m., _;, neut., gen. _;, all.]
Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous.


word: Pan
definition:
Pan

Pan
n.
[OE. See 2d Pane.]
1.
A part; a portion.

2.
(Fort.)
The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

3.
[Perh. a different word.]
A leaf of gold or silver.


word: Pan₂
definition:
Pan

Pan
v. t. & i.
[Cf. F. pan skirt, lappet, L. pannus a cloth, rag, W. panu to fur, to full.]
To join or fit together; to unite.
[Obs.]
Halliwell.


word: Pan₃
definition:
Pan

Pan
(?)
n.
[Hind. pān, Skr. parna leaf.]
The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc.  See Betel.


word: Pan₄
definition:
Pan

Pan
(?)
prop. n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;.]
(Gr. Myth.)
The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting.  He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe (also called the pipes of Pan), which he is said to have invented.


word: Pan₅
definition:
Pan

Pan
n.
[OE. panne, AS. panne; cf. D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG. pfanna, Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir. panna, of uncertain origin; cf. L. patina, E. paten.]
1.
A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing.
pan
Chaucer.

2.
(Manuf.)
A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.

3.
The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.

4.
The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.
Chaucer.

5.
(Carp.)
A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.

6.
The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.

7.
A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.

Flash in the pan. See under Flash. -- To savor of the pan, to suggest the process of cooking or burning; in a theological sense, to be heretical. Ridley. Southey.


word: Pan₆
definition:
Pan

Pan
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Panned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Panning.]
1.
(Mining)
To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.
[U. S.]

We . . . witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand.
Gen. W. T. Sherman.

2.
To criticise (a drama or literary work) harshly.


word: Pan₇
definition:
Pan

Pan
v. i.
1.
(Mining)
To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.

2.
To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly.
[Slang, U. S.]


word: Pan₈
definition:
Pan

Pan
v. t. & i.
(Cinematography)
To scan (a movie camera), usu. in a horizontal direction, to obtain a panoramic effect; also, to move the camera so as to keep the subject in view.


word: Panabase
definition:
Panabase

Pan"a*base
(?)
n.
[Pan- + base. So called in allusion to the number of metals contained in it.]
(Min.)
Same as Tetrahedrite.


word: Panacea
definition:
Panacea

Pan`a*ce"a
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. pana`keia fr. panakh`s all-healing; pa^s pa^n, all + 'akei^sqai to heal.]

1.
A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.

2.
(Bot.)
The herb allheal.


word: Panache
definition:
Panache

Pa*nache"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. penna a feather. See Pen a feather.]
1.
A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.

A panache of variegated plumes.
Prescott.

2.
A pleasingly flamboyant style or manner; flair{4}; verve.


word: Panade
definition:
Panade

Panada

{ Pa*na"da (?), Pa*nade" (?), }
n.
[Sp. panada, fr. L. panis bread: cf. F. panade. See Pantry.]
Bread boiled in water to the consistence of pulp, and sweetened or flavored.
[Written also panado.]


word: Panama hat
definition:
Panama hat

Pan`a*ma" hat`
(?)
A fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young leaves of a plant (Carludovica palmata).


word: Pan-American
definition:
Pan-American

Pan`-A*mer"i*can
(?)
a.
[See Pan-.]
Of or pertaining to both North and South America.


word: Pan-American Congress
definition:
Pan-American Congress

Pan-American Congress
Any of several meetings of delegates from various American states;
esp.:
(a)
One held in 1889-90 in the United States, at which all the independent states except Santo Domingo were represented and of which the practical result was the establishment of the Bureau of American Republics for the promotion of trade relations.
(b)
One held in Mexico in 1901-1902.
(c)
One held at Rio de Janeiro in 1906.


word: Pan-Americanism
definition:
Pan-Americanism

Pan-A*mer"i*can*ism
n.
The principle or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the states of America.


word: panamica
definition:
panamica

panamica
n.
A low stingless nettle (Pilea involucrata) of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.

Syn. -- friendship plant, panamiga, Pilea involucrata.


word: Pan-Anglican
definition:
Pan-Anglican

Pan`-An"gli*can
(?)
a.
[Pan- + Anglican.]
(Eccl.)
Belonging to, or representing, the whole Church of England; used less strictly, to include the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States; as, the Pan-Anglican Conference at Lambeth, in 1888.


word: panetella
definition:
panetella

panatella

panatela

panatela, panatella, panetella
(păn`ĭ*tĕl"lȧ)
n.
A long slender cigar.

Syn. -- panetela.


word: Panathenaea
definition:
Panathenaea

Pan*ath`e*nae"a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; pa^s pa^n, all + _; Athena.]
The most ancient and important festival of Athens, celebrated in honor of Athena, the tutelary goddess of the city.


word: Panax
definition:
Panax

Panax
n.
A genus of perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng.

Syn. -- genus Panax.


word: Pancake
definition:
Pancake

Pan"cake`
(păn"kāk`)
n.
A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack.
pancake
Shak.


word: Pancarte
definition:
Pancarte

Pan"carte`
(?)
n.
[F., fr. LL. pancharta. See Pan-, and Carte.]
A royal charter confirming to a subject all his possessions.
[Obs.]
Holinshed.


word: Panchway
definition:
Panchway

Panch"way
(?)
n.
[Hind. pançoi.]
(Naut.)
A Bengalese four-oared boat for passengers.
[Written also panshway and paunchwas.]
Malcom.


word: Pancratic
definition:
Pancratic

Pan*crat"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. pagkrath`s all-powerful.]
(Opt.)
Having all or many degrees of power; having a great range of power; -- said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a varying magnifying power.


word: Pancratical
definition:
Pancratical

Pancratic

{ Pan*crat"ic (?), Pan*crat"ic*al (?), }
a.
[See Pancratium.]
Of or pertaining to the pancratium; athletic.
Sir T. Browne


word: Pancratium
definition:
Pancratium

Pan*cra"ti*um
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. pagkra`tion a complete contest, fr. pagkrath`s all-powerful; pa^s, pa^n, all + kra`tos strength.]

1.
(Gr. Antiq.)
An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.

2.
(Bot.)
A genus of Old World amaryllideous bulbous plants, having a funnel-shaped perianth with six narrow spreading lobes. The American species are now placed in the related genus Hymenocallis.


word: Pancreas
definition:
Pancreas

Pan"cre*as
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; pa^s, pa^n, all + kre`as flesh, meat: cf. F. pancréas.]
(Anat.)
The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.


word: Pancreatic
definition:
Pancreatic

Pan`cre*at"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. pancréatique.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the pancreas; as, the pancreatic secretion, digestion, ferments.

Pancreatic juice (Physiol.), a colorless alkaline fluid secreted intermittently by the pancreatic gland. It is one of the most important of the digestive fluids, containing at least three distinct enzymes, trypsin, steapsin (lipase) and an amylase, by which it acts upon all three classes of food stuffs.  See Pancreas.


word: pancreatin
definition:
pancreatin

pan"cre*a*tin
(?)
n.
[See pancreas.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
One of the digestive enzymes of the pancreatic juice.

&hand_; By some the term pancreatin is restricted to the amylolytic ferment of the pancreatic juice (amylase), by others it is applied to trypsin, and by still others to steapsin (the lipase of pancreatic juice).

2.
A preparation of pancreatic juice, usually obtained from the ox or hog, containing the three main digestive enzymes trypsin, amylase, and lipase, and used in medicine as an aid to digestion.


word: panda
definition:
panda

pan"da
(păn"dȧ)
n.
(Zool.)
1.
A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur, which inhabits the mountains of Northern India.  It was once thought to be related to the bears, but is now believed to be more closely related to raccoons.  It has reddish-brown fur on the back and sides, and black fur on the legs and underside.  Called also the lesser panda.

2.
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), a bearlike black-and white mammal now found wild only in the central forests of China, which lives mainly on on bamboo.  It is an endangered species, and is a popular attraction in the few zoos which have bveen able to obtain specimens.


word: Pandanaceae
definition:
Pandanaceae

Pandanaceae
prop. n.
A natural family of woody plants including the pandanus tree (the screw pine) and freycinetia.

Syn. -- family Pandanaceae, screw-pine family.


word: Pandanales
definition:
Pandanales

Pandanales
prop. n.
An order of plants including the families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; and Pandanaceae.

Syn. -- order Pandanales.


word: Pandanus
definition:
Pandanus

Pan*da"nus
(?)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. Malay pandan.]
(Bot.)
A genus of endogenous plants, native to tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia. See Screw pine.

2.
Fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats).
[wns16=1]

3.
Any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and pineapplelike leaves and edible conelike fruits; also called the screw pine.
[wns16=2]


word: Pandean pipes
definition:
Pandean pipes

Pan*de"an pipes
n. pl.
A primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by the god Pan.  Called also pipes of Pan, Pan's pipes and Panpipes.


word: Pandect
definition:
Pandect

Pan"dect
(?)
n.
[L. pandecta, pandectes, Gr. _; all-receiving, all-containing; pa^s, pa^n, all + _; to receive: cf. F. pandectes, pl.]
1.
A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science.

[Thou] a pandect mak'st, and universal book.
Donne.

2.
pl.
The digest, or abridgment, in fifty books, of the decisions, writings, and opinions of the old Roman jurists, made in the sixth century by direction of the emperor Justinian, and forming the leading compilation of the Roman civil law.
Kent.


word: Pandemic
definition:
Pandemic

Pan*dem"ic
(?)
a.
[L. pandemus, Gr. _;, _;; pa^s, pa^n, all + _; the people: cf. F. pandémique.]
Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic.
n. A pandemic disease.
Harvey.


word: Pandemonium
definition:
Pandemonium

Pan`de*mo"ni*um
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. pa^s, pa^n, all + dai`mwn a demon.]
1.
The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits.
Milton.

2.
An utterly lawless, riotous place or assemblage.

3.
A condition of unrestrained disorder and chaotic, riotous uproar.


word: Pander
definition:
Pander

Pan"der
(?)
n.
[From Pandarus, a leader in the Trojan army, who is represented by Chaucer and Shakespeare as having procured for Troilus the possession of Cressida.]

1.
A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer.

Thou art the pander to her dishonor.
Shak.

2.
Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.

Those wicked panders to avarice and ambition.
Burke.


word: Pander₂
definition:
Pander

Pan"der
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Pandered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pandering.]
To play the pander for.

to pander to v. t. To appeal to (base emotions or less noble desires), so as to achieve one's purpose; to exploit (base emotions, such as lust, prejudice, or hate).


word: Pandermite
definition:
Pandermite

Pan*der"mite
(?)
n.
[From Panderma, a port on the Black Sea from which it is exported.]
(Min.)
A hydrous borate of lime, near priceite.


word: Pandiculation
definition:
Pandiculation

Pan*dic`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. pandiculari to stretch one's self, fr. pandere to spread out.]
A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy.


word: Pandora
definition:
Pandora

Pan*do"ra
(?)
prop. n.
[L., fr. Gr. Pandw`ra; pa^s, pa^n, all + dw^ron a gift.]
1.
(Class. Myth.)
A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven.  Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth.  Hope alone remained in the box.  Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it.

2.
(Zool.)
A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex.


word: pandore
definition:
pandore

pan"dore
(păn"d&omacrr or păn*d&omacrr")
n.
[F. See Bandore.]
An ancient musical instrument, of the lute kind; a bandore.
[Written also pandora, pandoura. pandure, and pandoran.]


word: Pandour
definition:
Pandour

Pan"dour
(?)
n.
1.
One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army that served as local militia in Croatia; -- so called from Pandur, a principal town in the region from which they originally came.  They were noted for their ruthlessness.
[Written also pandoor.]

Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars.
Campbell.

2.
Hence:
A brutal soldier.


word: Pandowdy
definition:
Pandowdy

Pan*dow"dy
(?)
n.
A deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust.


word: Panduriform
definition:
Panduriform

Pandurate

{ Pan"du*rate, Pan*du"ri*form (?), }
a.
[L. pandura a pandore + -form: cf. F. panduriforme.]
1.
Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal.

2.
(Bot.)
Shaped like a fiddle; -- of a leaf.

Syn. -- fiddle-shaped.


word: Pane₂
definition:
Pane

Pane
n.
[OE. pan part, portion of a thing, F. pan a skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall, side, fr. L. pannus a cloth, fillet, rag; akin to E. vane. See Vane, and cf. Panel, Pawn pledge.]
1.
A division; a distinct piece, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern.

2.
One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.

3.
(Arch.)
(a)
A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes.
(b)
Especially, in modern use, the glass in one compartment of a window sash; a windowpane.

4.
In irrigating, a subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.

5.
(a)
One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.
(b)
One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant cut diamond.


word: Paned
definition:
Paned

Paned
(?)
a.
1.
Having panes; provided with panes; also, having openings; as, a paned window; paned window sash.
Paned
Massinger.

2.
(Mach.)
Having flat sides or surfaces; as, a six-paned nut.


word: Panegyric
definition:
Panegyric

Pan`e*gyr"ic
(?)
n.
[L. panegyricus, Gr. panhgyriko`s: cf. F. panégyrique. See Panegyric, a.]
An oration or eulogy in praise of some person or achievement; a formal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; laudation. See Synonym of Eulogy.


word: Panegyrical
definition:
Panegyrical

Panegyric

{ Pan`e*gyr"ic (?), Pan`e*gyr"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. panegyricus, Gr. panhgyriko`s, from panh`gyris an assembly of the people, a high festival; pa^, pa^n all + 'a`gyris, 'agora`, an assembly.]
Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory.
Panegyric
Pope.
Pan`e*gyr"ic*al*ly, adv.

Some of his odes are panegyrical.
Dryden.


word: Panegyris
definition:
Panegyris

Pa*neg"y*ris
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;. See Panegyric.]
A festival; a public assembly.
[Obs.]
S. Harris.


word: Panegyrist
definition:
Panegyrist

Pan"e*gyr`ist
(?)
n.
[L. panegyrista, Gr. panhgyristh`s, one who attends a panh`gyris: cf. panhgyri`zein to celebrate or attend a public festival, to make a set speech, esp. a panegyric, in a public assembly. See Panegyric.]
One who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols or praises, either by writing or speaking.

If these panegyrists are in earnest.
Burke.


word: Panegyrize
definition:
Panegyrize

Pan"e*gy*rize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Panegyrized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Panegyrizing (?).]
[Gr. _;. See Panegyrist.]
To praise highly; to extol in a public speech; to write or deliver a panegyric upon; to eulogize.


word: Panel
definition:
Panel

Pan"el
(?)
n.
[Orig., a little piece; OF. panel, pannel, F. panneau, dim. of pan skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall, side. See 2d Pane.]
1.
(Arch.)
A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

2.
(Law)
(a)
A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff;
hence, more generally,
the whole group of persons summoned on a particular day, from whom a jury is to be selected; also, the jury selected from that group.
Blackstone.
(b)
(Scots Law)
A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
Burrill.

3.
Hence:
Any group of persons selected to judge a contest, conduct a discussion, serve as advisers, or participate in any group activity in which they will provide information or make judgments.

4.
Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.

5.
(Joinery)
A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.

6.
(Masonry)
One of the faces of a hewn stone.
Gwilt.

7.
(Painting)
A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.

8.
(Mining)
(a)
A heap of dressed ore.
(b)
One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.

9.
(Dressmaking)
A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.

10.
A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.

11.
(Aëronautics)
A segment of an aëroplane wing.  In a biplane the outer panel extends from the wing tip to the next row of posts, and is trussed by oblique stay wires.

Panel game, a method of stealing money in a panel house. -- Panel house, a house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft from customers by accomplices of the inmates. -- Panel saw, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out panels, etc. -- Panel thief, one who robs in a panel house.


word: Panel₂
definition:
Panel

Pan"el
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Paneled (?) or Panelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Paneling or Panelling.]
To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.

Paneled back (Arch.), the paneled work covering the window back. See Window back.


word: Panelation
definition:
Panelation

Pan`el*a"tion
(?)
n.
The act of impaneling a jury.
[Obs.]
[Written also panellation.]
Wood.


word: paneled
definition:
paneled

paneled
adj.
Decorated with panels or wainscoting; -- used of walls; as, a paneled family room.

Syn. -- wainscoted.


word: paneling
definition:
paneling

pan"el*ing
(păn"ĕl*ĭng)
n.
1.
The act or process of forming in panels or decorating with panels.
[Written also panelling.]

2.
The panels which decorate the walls of a room.


word: Paneulogism
definition:
Paneulogism

Pan*eu"lo*gism
(?)
n.
[See Pan-, Eulogy.]
Eulogy of everything; indiscriminate praise.
[R.]

Her book has a trace of the cant of paneulogism.
National Rev.


word: panfish
definition:
panfish

panfish
n.
1.
Any of numerous small food fishes; especially those not available on the market.

2.
Any of numerous small food fishes taken with hook and line.


word: Panful
definition:
Panful

Pan"ful
(păn"f&usdot_;l)
n.
pl. Panfuls (păn"f&usdot_;lz).
[See 5th Pan.]
Enough to fill a pan.


word: pang
definition:
pang

pang
(păng)
n.
[Prob. for older prange.  Cf. Prong.]
A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.


word: Pangenesis
definition:
Pangenesis

Pan*gen"e*sis
(?)
n.
[Pan- + genesis.]
(Biol.)
An hypothesis advanced by Darwin in explanation of heredity.

&hand_; The theory rests on the assumption, that the whole organization, in the sense of every separate atom or unit, reproduces itself, the cells throwing off minute granules called gemmules, which circulate freely throughout the system and multiply by subdivision. These gemmules collect in the reproductive organs and products, or in buds, so that the egg or bud contains gemmules from all parts of the parent or parents, which in development give rise to cells in the offspring similar to those from which they were given off in the parent.  The hypothesis also assumes that these gemmules need not in all cases develop into cells, but may lie dormant, and be transmitted from generation to generation without producing a noticeable effect until a case of atavism occurs.  This is an ingenious hypothesis, but now known to be wrong.  Although now, a hundred years later, we know that all transmitted genetic information (other than that in plasmids) is contained in the genome of a single cell, scientists are still only beginning to understand the development process.


word: Pangolin
definition:
Pangolin

Pan"go*lin
(pă&nsmacr_;"go̝*lĭn)
n.
[Malay pangūlang.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricated scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater.


word: Pangothic
definition:
Pangothic

Pan*goth"ic
(?)
a.
[Pan- + Gothic.]
Of, pertaining to, or including, all the Gothic races.
Pangothic
Earle.


word: Panhandle
definition:
Panhandle

Pan"han`dle
(?)
n.
The handle of a pan;
hence,
fig.
any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan; as, the panhandle of West Virginia, Texas, or Idaho.


word: panhandle
definition:
panhandle

pan"han`dle
(păn"hăn`d'l)
v. i.
To accost people in a public place and ask for money; to beg.
pan"hand`ler (păn"hănd`lẽr), n. -- pan"hand`ling (păn"hănd`lĭng), n.


word: Panhandle₂
definition:
Panhandle

Pan"han`dle
(păn"hăn`d'l)
v. t.
1.
to obtain by panhandling.

2.
To accost in a public place and ask for money from.


word: Panhellenic
definition:
Panhellenic

Pan`hel*len"ic
(?)
a.
[See Panhellenium.]
Of or pertaining to all Greece, or to Panhellenism; including all Greece, or all the Greeks.


word: Panhellenium
definition:
Panhellenium

Pan`hel*le"ni*um
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. Panellh`nion; pa^s, pa^n, all + "E`llhnes the Greeks.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
An assembly or association of Greeks from all the states of Greece.


word: Panic
definition:
Panic

Pan"ic
(?)
n.
[L. panicum.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.

Panic grass (Bot.), any grass of the genus Panicum.


word: Panic₂
definition:
Panic

Pan"ic
a.
[Gr. paniko`s of or pertaining to Pa`n Pan, to whom the causing of sudden fright was ascribed: cf. F. panique.]
Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm.
panic
Dryden.


word: Panic₃
definition:
Panic

Pan"ic
n.
[Gr. to~ paniko`n (with or without dei^ma fear): cf. F. panique. See Panic, a.]
1.
A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic.

2.
By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.


word: panicky
definition:
panicky

pan"ick*y
adj.
Same as panic-stricken; as, the travellers became panicky as the snow deepened.

Syn. -- panic-stricken, panic-struck, petrified, terrified, frightened.


word: Panicle
definition:
Panicle

Pan"i*cle
(?)
n.
[L. panicula a tuft on plants, dim. of panus the thread wound upon the bobbin in a shuttle; cf. Gr. _;, _;; prob. akin to E. pane: cf. F. panicule. See 2d Pane.]
(Bot.)
A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.


word: Panicled
definition:
Panicled

Pan"i*cled
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Furnished with panicles; arranged in, or like, panicles; paniculate.


word: Panic-struck
definition:
Panic-struck

Panic-stricken

{ Pan"ic-strick`en (?), Pan"ic-struck` (?) }
a.
Struck with a panic, or sudden fear; thrown into a state of intense fear; as, trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd.
Burke.

Syn. -- panicky, petrified, terrified, frightened.


word: Paniculated
definition:
Paniculated

Paniculate

{ Pa*nic"u*late (?), Pa*nic"u*la`ted (?), }
a.
[See Panicle.]
(Bot)
Same as Panicled.


word: Panicum
definition:
Panicum

Pan"i*cum
(?)
n.
[L., panic grass.]
(Bot.)
A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some of which are valuable; panic grass.


word: Panidiomorphic
definition:
Panidiomorphic

Pan*id`i*o*mor"phic
(?)
a.
[Pan- + idiomorphic.]
(Geol.)
Having a completely idiomorphic structure; -- said of certain rocks.


word: Panification
definition:
Panification

Pan`i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. panis bread + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. panification.]
The act or process of making bread.
Ure.


word: Panislamism
definition:
Panislamism

Pan*is"lam*ism
(?)
n.
[Pan- + Islamism.]
A desire or plan for the union of all Muslim nations for the conquest of the world.


word: Panivorous
definition:
Panivorous

Pa*niv"o*rous
(?)
a.
[L. panis bread + vorare to devour.]
Eating bread; subsisting on bread.


word: Pannage
definition:
Pannage

Pan"nage
(?)
n.
[OF. pasnage, LL. pasnadium, pastinaticum, fr. pastionare to feed on mast, as swine, fr. L. pastio a pasturing, grazing. See Pastor.]
(O. Eng. Law)
(a)
The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; -- called also pawns.
(b)
A tax paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.


word: Pannel
definition:
Pannel

Pan"nel
(?)
n.
[See Panel.]
1.
A kind of rustic saddle.
Tusser.

2.
(Falconry)
The stomach of a hawk.
Ainsworth.

3.
(Mil.)
A carriage for conveying a mortar and its bed, on a march.
Farrow.


word: Pannier
definition:
Pannier

Pan"nier
(?)
n.
[F. panier, fr. L. panarium a bread basket, fr. panis bread.  Cf. Pantry.]
1.
A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass
Hudibras.

2.
(Mil. Antiq.)
A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.

3.
A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.

4.
A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.


word: Pannikel
definition:
Pannikel

Pan"ni*kel
(?)
n.
[See Pan a dish.]
The brainpan, or skull; hence, the crest.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: panning
definition:
panning

pan"ning
(?)
n.
The act or process in which heavier ores are concentrated by agitating a sample of crushed ore under water in a shallow pan, thus washing away the lighter particles from the sample; as, panning for gold.  See pan{1}, v. t. and pan{1}, v. i.


word: Pannose
definition:
Pannose

Pan"nose`
(?)
a.
[See Pannus.]
(Bot.)
Similar in texture or appearance to felt or woolen cloth.


word: Pannus
definition:
Pannus

Pan"nus
(?)
n.
[L., cloth. See 2d Pane.]
(Med.)
A very vascular superficial opacity of the cornea, usually caused by granulation of the eyelids.
Foster.


word: Panoistic
definition:
Panoistic

Pan`o*is"tic
(?)
a.
[Pan- + Gr. _; an egg.]
(Zool.)
Producing ova only; -- said of the ovaries of certain insects which do not produce vitelligenous cells.


word: Panomphean
definition:
Panomphean

Pan`om*phe"an
(?)
a.
[L. panomphaeus, Gr. _;.]
Uttering ominous or prophetic voices; divining.
[R.]

We want no half gods, panomphean Joves.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Panoply
definition:
Panoply

Pan"o*ply
(păn"o̝*pl&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. panopli`a; pa^s, pa^n, all + "o`plon tool, implement, in pl., armor, arms.]
1.
Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor.
Milton.

We had need to take the Christian panoply, to put on the whole armor of God.
Ray.

2.
Hence:
Any full set of elaborate attire, complete with accessories or accompanying paraphernalia; any elaborate special or ceremonial attire and equipment.

3.
Hence:
Any impressive complete array; as, the full panoply of a presidential funeral.

4.
Hence:
[Fig.:]
Any complete array of devices used in an endeavor; as, to deploy the full panoply of writer's techniques.


word: panoptical
definition:
panoptical

panoptic

panoptic panoptical
adj.
Including everying visible in one view; as, a panoptic aerial photograph of the missile base; a panoptic stain used in microscopy.


word: Panopticon
definition:
Panopticon

Pa*nop"ti*con
(?)
n.
[NL. See Pan-, and Optic.]

1.
A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen.

2.
A room for the exhibition of novelties.


word: Panorama
definition:
Panorama

Pan`o*ra"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. pa^s, pa^n, all + _; that which is seen, a view, fr. _; to see. See Pan-, and Wary.]

1.
A complete view in every direction.

2.
Hence:
A comprehensive survey of a particular topic; also, a broad view of the development of a series of events.

3.
A picture presenting a view of objects in every direction, as from a central point.

4.
A picture representing scenes too extended to be beheld at once, and so exhibited a part at a time, by being unrolled, and made to pass continuously before the spectator.


word: Panoramical
definition:
Panoramical

Panoramic

{ Pan`o*ram"ic (?), Pan`o*ram"ic*al (?), }
a.
1.
Of, pertaining to, or like, a panorama; exhibiting a very broad view; as, a panoramic view.

Panoramic camera. See under Camera.

2.
Hence:
Presented with a broad perspective; as, a panoramic view of European history.


word: Panorpian
definition:
Panorpian

Pa*nor"pi*an
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Like, or pertaining to, the genus Panorpa.
n. Same as Panorpid.


word: Panorpid
definition:
Panorpid

Pa*nor"pid
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa, and allied genera.  The larvæ feed on plant lice.


word: pan out
definition:
pan out

pan` out"
(păn`out")
1.
v. i.
To succeed; as, the project didn't pan out.

2.
To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly.
[Slang, U. S.]


word: Panpharmacon
definition:
Panpharmacon

Pan*phar"ma*con
(?)
n.
[NL. See Pan-, and Pharmacon.]
A medicine for all diseases; a panacea.
[R.]


word: Panpresbyterian
definition:
Panpresbyterian

Pan`pres`by*te"ri*an
(?)
a.
[Pan- + Presbyterian.]
Belonging to, or representative of, those who hold Presbyterian views in all parts of the world; as, a Panpresbyterian council.


word: Panpsychism
definition:
Panpsychism

Pan*psy"chism
(?)
n.
[See Pan-; Psychic.]
The theory that all nature is psychical or has a psychical aspect; the theory that every particle of matter has a psychical character or aspect.
Pan*psy"chic (#), a. -- Pan*psy"chist (#), n. -- Pan`psy*chis"tic (#), a.
Fechner affords a conspicuous instance of the idealistic tendency to mysterize nature in his panpsychicism, or that form of noumenal idealism which holds that the universe is a vast communion of spirits, souls of men, of animals, of plants, of earth and other planets, of the sun, all embraced as different members in the soul of the world.
Encyc. Brit.


word: Pansclavonian
definition:
Pansclavonian

Pansclavist

Pansclavism

Pansclavic

{ Pan`sclav"ic (?), Pan`sclav"ism (?), Pan`sclav"ist, Pan`scla*vo"ni*an (?) }
See Panslavic, Panslavism, etc.


word: Panshon
definition:
Panshon

Pan"shon
(?)
n.
An earthen vessel wider at the top than at the bottom, -- used for holding milk and for various other purposes.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Panslavism
definition:
Panslavism

Pan`slav"ism
(?)
n.
A scheme or desire to unite all the Slavic races into one confederacy.


word: Pansophical
definition:
Pansophical

Pan*soph"ic*al
(?)
a.
[See Pansophy.]
All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders.
[R.]
John Worthington.


word: Pansophy
definition:
Pansophy

Pan"so*phy
(?)
n.
[Pan- + Gr. _; wisdom, _; wise: cf. F. pansophie.]
Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 -- 1671), a Moravian educator.
[R.]
Hartlib.


word: Panspermist
definition:
Panspermist

Panspermatist

{ Pan*sper"ma*tist (?), Pan"sper`mist (?), }
n.
(Biol.)
A believer in panspermy; one who rejects the theory of spontaneous generation; a biogenist.


word: Panspermic
definition:
Panspermic

Pan`sper"mic
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Of or pertaining to panspermy; as, the panspermic hypothesis.


word: Panspermy
definition:
Panspermy

Panspermia

Pan`sper"mi*a, Pan"sper`my
(?)
n.
[Pan- + Gr. _; a seed.]
(Biol.)
(a)
The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop.
(b)
The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of spontaneous generation.
(c)
The theory that life on earth originated from spores or germs that evolved elsewhere in the uiniverse; -- in contradistinction to the theory that life evolved on earth from inanimate matter.  This theory, originally suggested by S. Arrhenius in 1907, is sometimes advanced by those who feel that the time required for evolution of life is too long for life to have evolved on Earth from inanimate matter.


word: Panstereorama
definition:
Panstereorama

Pan*ste`re*o*ra"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. pa^s, pa^n, all + _; solid + _; a view.]
A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like.
Brande & C.


word: Pansy
definition:
Pansy

Pan"sy
(?)
n.
pl. Pansies (#).
[F. Pensée thought, pansy, fr. penser to think, L. pensare to weigh, ponder. See Pensive.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Viola (Viola tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow.  Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors.  Called also heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names.


word: Pant
definition:
Pant

Pant
(pȧnt)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Panted; p. pr. & vb. n. Panting.]
[Cf. F. panteler to gasp for breath, OF. panteisier to be breathless, F. pantois out of breath; perh. akin to E. phantom, the verb prob. orig. meaning, to have the nightmare.]
1.
To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

Pluto plants for breath from out his cell.
Dryden.

2.
Hence:
To long eagerly; to desire earnestly; -- often used with for or after.

As the hart panteth after the water brooks.
Ps. xlii. 1.

Who pants for glory finds but short repose.
Pope.

3.
To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
Spenser.

4.
To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
[Poetic]

The whispering breeze
Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees.
Pope.


word: Pant₂
definition:
Pant

Pant
v. t.
1.
To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.

There is a cavern where my spirit
Was panted forth in anguish.
Shelley.

2.
To long for; to be eager after.
[R.]

Then shall our hearts pant thee.
Herbert.


word: Pant₃
definition:
Pant

Pant
n.
1.
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
Drayton.

2.
A violent palpitation of the heart.
Shak.


word: Pantagruelism
definition:
Pantagruelism

Pan*tag"ru*el*ism
(?)
n.
[From Pantagruel, one of the characters of Rabelais.]
1.
The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule.

2.
An assumption of buffoonery to cover some serious purpose.
[R.]
Donaldson.


word: Pantalet
definition:
Pantalet

Pan`ta*let"
(?)
n.
[Dim. of pantaloon.]
One of the legs of the loose drawers worn by children and women; a pant leg; particularly, the lower part of such a garment, coming below the knee, often made in a separate piece; -- chiefly in the plural.


word: Pantaloon
definition:
Pantaloon

Pan`ta*loon"
(?)
n.
[F. pantalon, fr. It. pantalone, a masked character in the Italian comedy, who wore breeches and stockings that were all of one piece, from Pantaleone, the patron saint of Venice, which, as a baptismal name, is very frequent among the Venetians, and is applied to them by the other Italians as a nickname, fr. Gr. Pantale`wn, lit., all lion, a Greek personal name.]
1.
A ridiculous character, or an old dotard, in the Italian comedy; also, a buffoon in pantomimes.
Addison.

The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon.
Shak.

2.
pl.
A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one.

3.
pl.
In recent times, a loose-fitting variety of Trousers, often of less than ankle length.


word: Pantaloonery
definition:
Pantaloonery

Pan`ta*loon"er*y
(?)
n.
1.
The character or performances of a pantaloon; buffoonery.
[R.]
Lamb.

2.
Materials for pantaloons.


word: Pantastomata
definition:
Pantastomata

Pan`ta*stom"a*ta
(păn`tȧ*st&obreve_;m"ȧ*tȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. pa^s, panto`s, all + sto`ma, sto`matos, mouth.]
(Zool.)
One of the divisions of Flagellata, including the monads and allied forms.


word: Pantechnicon
definition:
Pantechnicon

Pan*tech"ni*con
(?)
n.
[NL. See Pan-, and Technic.]
A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.


word: Panter₂
definition:
Panter

Pan"ter
(?)
n.
[F. panetier. See Pantry.]
A keeper of the pantry; a pantler.
[Obs.]
Tyndale.


word: Pantheism
definition:
Pantheism

Pan"the*ism
(?)
n.
[Pan- + theism.]
The doctrine that the universe, taken or conceived of as a whole, is God; the doctrine that there is no God but the combined force and natural laws which are manifested in the existing universe; cosmotheism.  The doctrine denies that God is a rational personality.


word: Pantheistical
definition:
Pantheistical

Pantheistic

{ Pan`the*is"tic (?), Pan`the*is"tic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to pantheism; founded in, or leading to, pantheism.
Pan`the*is"tic*al*ly, adv.


word: Pantheology
definition:
Pantheology

Pan`the*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Pan- + theology.]
A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology.


word: Pantheon
definition:
Pantheon

Pan*the"on
(?)
n.
[L. pantheon, pantheum, Gr. pa`nqeion (sc. 'iero`n), fr. pa`nqeios of all gods; pa^s, pa^n, all + qe`os a god: cf. F. panthéon. See Pan-, and Theism.]
1.
A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome.

2.
The collective gods of a people, or a work treating of them; as, a divinity of the Greek pantheon.


word: panther
definition:
panther

pan"ther
(păn"thẽr)
n.
[OE. pantere, F. panthère, L. panthera, Gr. pa`nqhr, prob. fr. Skr. pundrīka a tiger.]

1.
(Zool.)
A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some Zoologists considered a distinct species.  It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body.

2.
(Zool.)
In America, the name is applied to the puma, or cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar.

Panther cat (Zool.), the ocelot. -- Panther cowry (Zool.), a spotted East Indian cowry (Cypræa pantherina); -- so called from its color.


word: Panthera
definition:
Panthera

Panthera
prop. n.
The genus of large felines including the lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; and saber-toothed tigers.

Syn. -- genus Panthera.


word: Pantherine
definition:
Pantherine

Pan"ther*ine
(?)
a.
Like a panther, esp. in color; as, the pantherine snake (Ptyas mucosus) of Brazil.


word: pantie
definition:
pantie

pantie
n.
A pair of short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural).

Syn. -- panty, scanty, step-in.


word: Pantile
definition:
Pantile

Pan"tile`
(?)
n.
[5th pan + tile.]
(Arch.)
A roofing tile, of peculiar form, having a transverse section resembling an elongated S laid on its side (_;).


word: panting
definition:
panting

panting
adj.
Breathing laboriously or convulsively.

Syn. -- gasping, out-of-breath(predicate), pursy, short-winded, winded.


word: panting₂
definition:
panting

panting
n.
The act or process of breathing heavily, usually after exertion.

Syn. -- heaving.

2.
Any fabric used to make trousers.

Syn. -- trousering.


word: Pantisocracy
definition:
Pantisocracy

Pan`ti*soc"ra*cy
(?)
n.
[Panto- + Gr. _; equal + _; to rule.]
A Utopian community, in which all should rule equally, such as was devised by Coleridge, Lovell, and Southey, in their younger days.


word: Pantisocratist
definition:
Pantisocratist

Pan`ti*soc"ra*tist
(?)
n.
One who favors or supports the theory of a pantisocracy.
Macaulay.


word: Pantler
definition:
Pantler

Pan"tler
(?)
n.
[F. panetier. See Panter, Pantry.]
The servant or officer, in a great family, who has charge of the bread and the pantry.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Pantochronometer
definition:
Pantochronometer

Pan`to*chro*nom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Panto- + chronometer.]
An instrument combining a compass, sundial, and universal time dial.
Brande & C.


word: Pantofle
definition:
Pantofle

Pan*to"fle
(?)
n.
[F. pantoufle.]
A slipper for the foot.
[Written also pantable and pantoble.]


word: Pantograph
definition:
Pantograph

Pan"to*graph
(?)
n.
[Panto- + -graph: cf. F. pantographe.]
An instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, on the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale.
[Written also pantagraph, and incorrectly pentagraph.]

2.
An electrical conducting device consisting of a collapsible frame resembling a pantograph{1}, connected to the top of an electrically-powered vehicle such as a trolley, and used to conduct electrical current between the vehicle and an overhead electric wire, which supplies the power to the vehicle.  The variable height of the pantograph ensures that it can move to follow variations in the height of the overhead wires, and thus make constant contact with the wires.

Skew pantograph, a kind of pantograph for drawing a copy which is inclined with respect to the original figure; -- also called plagiograph.


word: Pantographical
definition:
Pantographical

Pantographic

{ Pan`to*graph"ic (?), Pan`to*graph"ic*al (?) }
a.
[Cf. F. pantographique.]
Of or pertaining to a pantograph; relating to pantography.


word: Pantography
definition:
Pantography

Pan*tog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. pantographie.]
A general description; entire view of an object.


word: Pantology
definition:
Pantology

Pan*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Panto- + -logy.]
A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge; a work of universal information.


word: Pantometer
definition:
Pantometer

Pan*tom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Panto- + -meter: cf. F. pantomètre.]
An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc.


word: Pantomime
definition:
Pantomime

Pan"to*mime
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. pantomimus, Gr. _;, lit., all-imitating; pa^s, panto`s, all + _; to imitate: cf. It. pantomimo. See Mimic.]
1.
A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor.
[Obs.]

2.
One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist; a mime.

[He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone.
Tylor.

3.
A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; a depiction of an event, narrative, or situation using only gestures and bodily movements, without speaking; hence, dumb show, generally.

4.
A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features.


word: Pantomimical
definition:
Pantomimical

Pantomimic

{ Pan`to*mim"ic (?), Pan`to*mim"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. pantomimique.]
Of or pertaining to the pantomime; representing by dumb show.
Pantomimic
Bp. Warburton.
Pan`to*mim"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Panton
definition:
Panton

Pan"ton
(?)
n.
[F. patin. See Patten.]
(Far.)
A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel.


word: Pantophagist
definition:
Pantophagist

Pan*toph"a*gist
(?)
n.
[See Pantophagous.]
A person or an animal that has the habit of eating all kinds of food.


word: Pantophagous
definition:
Pantophagous

Pan*toph"a*gous
(?)
a.
[Gr. pantofa`gos; pa^s, panto`s, all + fagei^n to eat.]
Eating all kinds of food.


word: Pantophagy
definition:
Pantophagy

Pan*toph"a*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. pantofagi`a.]
The habit or power of eating all kinds of food.


word: Pantoscopic
definition:
Pantoscopic

Pan`to*scop"ic
(?)
a.
[Panto- + -scope + -ic.]
Literally, seeing everything; -- a term applied to eyeglasses or spectacles divided into two segments, the upper being designed for distant vision, the lower for vision of near objects.


word: Pantry
definition:
Pantry

Pan"try
(?)
n.
pl. Pantries (#).
[OE. pantrie, F. paneterie, fr. panetier pantler, LL. panetarius baker, panetus small loaf of bread, L. panis bread.  Cf. Company, Pannier, Pantler.]
An apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept.


word: pants
definition:
pants

pants
n.
1.
n. pl.
A garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately.
Syn. -- trousers.

2.
Underpants.

Syn. -- drawers.

3.
Specifically:
Underpants worn by women; panties.

Syn. -- bloomers, drawers, panties.


word: pantywaist
definition:
pantywaist

pantywaist
n.
A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.

Syn. -- sissy, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast.


word: Panurgic
definition:
Panurgic

Pan*ur"gic
(?)
a.
[Cf. Gr. panoyrgiko`s knavish.]
Skilled in all kinds of work.
panurgic
J. Morley.


word: Panurgy
definition:
Panurgy

Pan"ur*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. panoyrgi`a, fr. panoy^rgos, properly, ready to do anything; hence, knavish, roguish; pa^s, pa^n, all + 'e`rgon work.]
Skill in all kinds of work or business; craft.
[R.]
Bailey.


word: panzer₂
definition:
panzer

panzer
adj.
[German, Panzer armor.]
1.
Equipped with armored vehicles; armored; as, a panzer division.

2.
Of, pertaining to, or involving armored military vehicles; as, a panzer attack.


word: Panzoism
definition:
Panzoism

Pan*zo"ism
(?)
n.
[Pan- + Gr. zw^,on an animal.]
(Biol.)
A term used to denote all of the elements or factors which constitute vitality or vital energy.
H. Spencer.


word: Pap
definition:
Pap

Pap
(?)
n.
[Cf. OSw. papp.  Cf. Pap soft food.]

1.
(Anat.)
A nipple; a mammilla; a teat.
Dryden.

The paps which thou hast sucked.
Luke xi. 27.

2.
A rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon.
Macaulay.


word: Pap₂
definition:
Pap

Pap
n.
[Cf. D. pap, G. pappe, both perh. fr. L. papa, pappa, the word with which infants call for food: cf. It. pappa.]
1.
A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softened in milk or water.

2.
Hence:
Any speech, writing, or idea lacking substance, or of trivial content; oversimplified, trite, or worthless ideas.

Syn. -- pablum, drivel, twaddle.

3.
Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap.
[Colloq. & Contemptuous]

4.
The pulp of fruit.
Ainsworth.


word: Papa
definition:
Papa

Pa*pa"
(?)
n.
[F. papa, L. papa; cf. Gr. _;, _;, a child's word meaning father.  Cf. Pope.]

1.
A child's word for father.

2.
A parish priest in the Greek Church.
Shipley.


word: Papabote
definition:
Papabote

Pa`pa*bo"te
(?)
n.
[Probably of Creole origin.]
(Zool.)
The upland plover.
[Local, U. S.]


word: Papacy
definition:
Papacy

Pa"pa*cy
(?)
n.
[LL. papatia, fr. L. papa a father, bishop. See Pope.]
1.
The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction.

2.
The popes, collectively; the succession of popes.

3.
The Roman Catholic religion; -- commonly used by the opponents of the Roman Catholics in disparagement or in an opprobrious sense.


word: Papain
definition:
Papain

Pa*pa"in
(?)
n.
[From Papaw.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A proteolytic ferment, like trypsin, present in the juice of the green fruit of the papaw (Carica Papaya) of tropical America.


word: Papal
definition:
Papal

Pa"pal
(?)
a.
[F., fr. L. papa bishop. See Papacy.]

1.
Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction.
Milman.

2.
Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church.
Papal
Bp. Burnet.

Papal cross. See Illust. 3 of Cross. -- Papal crown, the tiara.


word: Papality
definition:
Papality

Pa*pal"i*ty
(?)
n.
[LL. papalitas: cf. F. papauté.]
The papacy.
[Obs.]
Ld. Berners. Milton.


word: Papaphobia
definition:
Papaphobia

Pa`pa*pho"bi*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. papa bishop + Gr. _; to fear.]
Intense fear or dread of the pope, or of the Roman Catholic Church.
[R.]


word: paparazzo
definition:
paparazzo

paparazzo
pl. paparazzi
n.
[from Signore Paparazzo, a photographer in Fellini's film La Dolce Vita.]
1.
A free-lance photographer that specializes in following and photographing celebrities such as movie stars, especially to obtain candid photographs in private situations; as, her dogged pursuit by the paparazzi was believed to be a major factor in Princess Diana's death.


word: Papaveraceae
definition:
Papaveraceae

Papaveraceae
prop. n.
A natural family of herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits.

Syn. -- family Papaveraceae, poppy family.


word: Papaveraceous
definition:
Papaveraceous

Pa*pav`er*a"ceous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural family of plants (Papaveraceae) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.


word: Papaverine
definition:
Papaverine

Pa*pav"er*ine
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
An alkaloid found in opium.  It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.


word: Papaverous
definition:
Papaverous

Pa*pav"er*ous
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the poppy; of the nature of the poppy.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Papaw
definition:
Papaw

Pa*paw"
(?)
n.
[Prob. from the native name in the West Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.]
[Written also pawpaw.]
1.
(Bot.)
Same as papaya, senses 1 and 2.

2.
(Bot.)
A tree of the genus Asimina (Asimina triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself.
Gray.


word: papaya
definition:
papaya

pa*pa"ya
(?)
n.
[Prob. from the native name in the West Indies; cf. Sp. papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.]
1.
(Bot.)
A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreæ; called also papaw and pawpaw.  It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves.  The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender.

2.
The fruit of the papaya tree; it is a dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled.  The fruit contains papain, a protease.


word: Papboat
definition:
Papboat

Pap"boat`
(?)
n.
1.
A kind of sauce boat or dish.

2.
(Zool.)
A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapha); -- so called because used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.


word: Pape
definition:
Pape

Pape
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. pape, fr. L. papa. See Pope.]
A spiritual father; specifically, the pope.
[Obs.]


word: Paper
definition:
Paper

Pa"per
(pā"pẽr)
n.
[F. papier, fr. L. papyrus papyrus, from which the Egyptians made a kind of paper, Gr. pa`pyros.  Cf. Papyrus.]
1.
A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping.  It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.

2.
A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.

3.
A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society.

They brought a paper to me to be signed.
Dryden.

4.
A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper.

5.
Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.

6.
Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below.

7.
A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.

8.
A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.

9.
pl.
Documents establishing a person's identity, or status, or attesting to some right, such as the right to drive a vehicle; as, the border guard asked for his papers.

&hand_; Paper is manufactured in sheets, the trade names of which, together with the regular sizes in inches, are shown in the following table.  But paper makers vary the size somewhat.

 In the manufacture of books, etc., a sheet, of whatever size originally, is termed, when folded once, a folio; folded twice, a quarto, or 4to; three times, an octavo, or 8vo; four times, a sextodecimo, or 16mo; five times, a 32mo; three times, with an offcut folded twice and set in, a duodecimo, or 12mo; four times, with an offcut folded three times and set in, a 24mo.

&hand_; Paper is often used adjectively or in combination, having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker; paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight, or paperweight, etc.

Business paper, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to accommodation paper. -- Fly paper, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used for catching flies. -- Laid paper. See under Laid. -- Paper birch (Bot.), the canoe birch tree (Betula papyracea). -- Paper blockade, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval force. -- Paper boat (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper. -- Paper car wheel (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between two plate-iron disks. Forney. -- Paper credit, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such as promissory notes, duebills, etc. -- Paper hanger, one who covers walls with paper hangings. -- Paper hangings, paper printed with colored figures, or otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper. -- Paper house, an audience composed of people who have come in on free passes. [Cant] -- Paper money, notes or bills, usually issued by government or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money, and circulated as the representative of coin. -- Paper mulberry. (Bot.) See under Mulberry. -- Paper muslin, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc. -- Paper nautilus. (Zool.) See Argonauta. -- Paper reed (Bot.), the papyrus. -- Paper sailor. (Zool.) See Argonauta. -- Paper stainer, one who colors or stamps wall paper. De Colange. -- Paper wasp (Zool.), any wasp which makes a nest of paperlike material, as the yellow jacket. -- Paper weight, any object used as a weight to prevent loose papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise. -- on paper. (a) in writing; as, I would like to see that on paper. (b) in theory, though not necessarily in paractice. (c) in the design state; planned, but not yet put into practice. -- Parchment paper. See Papyrine. -- Tissue paper, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to protect engravings in books. -- Wall paper. Same as Paper hangings, above. -- Waste paper, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless, except for uses of little account. -- Wove paper, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not ribbed or watermarked. -- paper tiger, a person or group that appears to be powerful and dangerous but is in fact weak and ineffectual.


word: paper
definition:
paper

pa"per
(pā"pẽr)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper.

2.
Existing only on paper; unsubstantial; having very overrated power; as, a paper box; a paper army; a paper tiger.


word: paper₂
definition:
paper

pa"per
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. papered (pā"pẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. papering.]
1.
To cover or line with paper, especially with wallpaper; to furnish with paper hangings; to wallpaper; as, to paper a room or a house.

2.
To fold or inclose in paper.

3.
To put on paper; to make a memorandum of.
[Obs.]


word: paperback
definition:
paperback

pa"per*back`
(pā"pẽr*băk`)
n.
A book with paper covers; -- contrasted with hardback or hardcover.

Syn. -- softback, soft-cover.


word: paperback₂
definition:
paperback

pa"per*back
adj.
having a flexible binding; -- of books.  Contrasted to hardcover or hardbacked or hardbound.

Syn. -- paperbacked, soft-bound, softcover, softback.


word: paper boy
definition:
paper boy

paperboy

pa"per*boy`, pa"per boy`
(pā"pẽr*boi`)
n.
A boy who sells or delivers newspapers.


word: paperclip
definition:
paperclip

pa"per*clip`
(pā"pẽr*klĭp`)
n.
A folder wire or plastic fastener for holding sheets of paper together.

Syn. -- gem clip.


word: paperhanger
definition:
paperhanger

paperer

pa"per*er (pā"pẽr*ẽr), pa"per*hang`er (pā"pẽr*hă&nsmacr_;`ẽr),
n.
One whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper.


word: paperhanging
definition:
paperhanging

pa"per*hang`ing
(pā"pẽr*hă&nsmacr_;`ĭng)
n.
The application of wallpaper to walls for decorative purposes.

Syn. -- papering.


word: paperknife
definition:
paperknife

pa"per*knife`
(pā"pẽr*nīf`)
n.
A dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books.

Syn. -- letter opener.


word: paper over
definition:
paper over

pa"per o"ver
(pā"pẽr*&omacr"vẽr)
v. t.
To ignore or conceal (a disagreement or dispute) so as to continue friendly or productive relations; as, to paper over differences.


word: papers
definition:
papers

pa"pers
n. pl.
Documents providing information, esp. of an official nature about a person, vehicle, business, etc.  See paper{9}, n.

Syn. -- document, written document.


word: paperwork
definition:
paperwork

pa"per*work`
(pā"pẽr*wûrk`)
n.
Work that involves handling or writing documents such as forms, letters, reports, sales records, etc.


word: papery
definition:
papery

pa"per*y
(pā"pẽr*&ybreve_;)
a.
Like paper; having the thinness or consistency of paper.
Gray.


word: Papescent
definition:
Papescent

Pa*pes"cent
(?)
a.
[From Pap soft food.]
Containing or producing pap; like pap.
[R.]
Arbuthnot.


word: Papess
definition:
Papess

Pa"pess
(?)
n.
[F. papesse.]
A female pope; i. e., the fictitious pope Joan.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Papeterie
definition:
Papeterie

Pa`pe*terie"
(?)
n.
[F., paper manufacture, fr. papier paper.]
A case or box containing paper and materials for writing.


word: Paphian
definition:
Paphian

Pa"phi*an
(?)
a.
[L. Paphius, Gr. _;, from _; the city Paphos.]
Of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus, having a celebrated temple of Venus; hence, pertaining to Venus, or her rites.


word: Papier-mache
definition:
Papier-mache

Pa`pier"-ma`ché"
(?)
n.
[F. papier mâché, lit., chewed or mashed paper.]
A hard and strong substance made of a pulp from paper, mixed with size or glue, etc.  It is formed into various articles, usually by means of molds.


word: Papilio
definition:
Papilio

Pa*pil"i*o
(?)
peop. n.
[L., a butterfly.]
(Zool.)
A genus of butterflies.

&hand_; Formerly it included numerous species which are now placed in other genera.  By many writers it is now restricted to the swallow-tailed butterflies, like Papilio polyxenes, syn. Papilio asterias, and related species.


word: Papilionaceous
definition:
Papilionaceous

Pa*pil`io*na"ceous
(?)
a.
1.
Resembling the butterfly.

2.
(Bot.)
(a)
Having a winged corolla somewhat resembling a butterfly, as in the blossoms of the bean and pea.
(b)
Belonging to that suborder of leguminous plants (Papilionaceæ) which includes the bean, pea, vetch, clover, and locust.


word: Papiliones
definition:
Papiliones

Pa*pil`i*o"nes
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Papilio.]
(Zool.)
The division of Lepidoptera which includes the butterflies.


word: Papilla
definition:
Papilla

Pa*pil"la
(?)
n.
pl. Papillæ (#).
[L., a nipple, pimple.]
Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillæ of the tongue.


word: Papillary
definition:
Papillary

Pap"il*la*ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. papillaire.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papillæ; bearing, or covered with, papillæ; papillose.


word: Papillate
definition:
Papillate

Pap"il*late
(?)
v. t. & i.
To cover with papillæ; to take the form of a papilla, or of papillæ.


word: Papilloma
definition:
Papilloma

Pap`il*lo"ma
(?)
n.
pl. Papillomata (#).
[NL. See Papilla, and -Oma.]
(Med.)
A tumor formed by hypertrophy of the papillæ of the skin or mucous membrane, as a corn or a wart.
Quain.


word: Papillose
definition:
Papillose

Pap"il*lose`
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. papilleux.]
Covered with, or bearing, papillæ; resembling papillæ; papillate; papillar; papillary.


word: Papillote
definition:
Papillote

Pap"il*lote
(?)
n.
[F., fr. papillon a butterfly.]
A small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl; a curl paper.


word: Papillulate
definition:
Papillulate

Pa*pil"lu*late
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having a minute papilla in the center of a larger elevation or depression.


word: Papion
definition:
Papion

Pa"pi*on
(?)
n.
[Prob. from native name: cf. Sp. papion.]
(Zool.)
A West African baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx), allied to the chacma. Its color is generally chestnut, varying in tint.


word: Papist
definition:
Papist

Pa"pist
(?)
n.
[F. papiste. See Pape, Pope.]
A Roman Catholic; one who adheres to the Church of Rome and the authority of the pope; -- an offensive designation applied to Roman Catholics by their opponents.


word: Papistical
definition:
Papistical

Papistic

{ Pa*pis"tic (?), Pa*pis"tic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. papistique.]
Of or pertaining to the Church of Rome and its doctrines and ceremonies; pertaining to popery; popish; -- used disparagingly.
papistic
T. Warton.
Pa*pis"tic*al*ly, adv.


word: Papistry
definition:
Papistry

Pa"pist*ry
(?)
n.
The doctrine and ceremonies of the Church of Rome; popery.
[R.]
Whitgift.


word: papoose root
definition:
papoose root

papooseroot

papooseroot, papoose root
n.
(Bot.)
A tall herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides) of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally; the Cohosh.  See also Cohosh.

Syn. -- blue cohosh, blueberry root, papoose root, squawroot, squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides.


word: Pappus
definition:
Pappus

Pap"pus
(?)
n.
[L., an old man or grandfather; hence, a substance resembling gray hairs, Gr. _;.]
(Bot.)
The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositæ; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.


word: Paprica
definition:
Paprica

Paprika

{ Pa"pri*ka (?), n. Also Pa"pri*ca }
[Hung. paprika Turkish pepper; prob. through G.]
The dried ripened fruit of Capsicum annuum or various other species of pepper; also, the mildly pungent condiment prepared from it.


word: Papua
definition:
Papua

Papua
prop. n.
A Pacific island north of Australia; governed by Australia and Indonesia.

Syn. -- New Guinea.


word: Papuars
definition:
Papuars

Pap"u*ars
(?)
n. pl.
sing. Papuan (_;).
(Ethnol.)
The native black race of Papua or New Guinea, and the adjacent islands.


word: Papula
definition:
Papula

Pap"u*la
(?)
n.
pl. Papulæ (#).
[L.]

1.
(Med.)
A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule.
Quain.

2.
(Zool.)
One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.


word: Papular
definition:
Papular

Pap"u*lar
(?)
a.
1.
Covered with papules.

2.
(Med.)
Consisting of papules; characterized by the presence of papules; as, a papular eruption.


word: Papulous
definition:
Papulous

Pap"u*lous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. papuleux.]
Covered with, or characterized by, papulæ; papulose.


word: Papyraceous
definition:
Papyraceous

Pap`y*ra"ceous
(?)
a.
[L. papyraceus made of papyrus.]
Made of papyrus; of the consistency of paper; papery.


word: Papyrine
definition:
Papyrine

Pap"y*rine
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. papyrin made of paper. See Paper.]
Imitation parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid.


word: Papyrograph
definition:
Papyrograph

Pa*pyr"o*graph
(?)
n.
[Papyrus + -graph.]
An apparatus for multiplying writings, drawings, etc., in which a paper stencil, formed by writing or drawing with corrosive ink, is used.  The word is also used of other means of multiplying copies of writings, drawings, etc. See Copygraph, Hectograph, Manifold.
[Obsolescent]


word: Papyrography
definition:
Papyrography

Pap`y*rog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
The process of multiplying copies of writings, etc., by means of the papyrograph.
Pap`y*ro*graph"ic (#), a.


word: Papyrus
definition:
Papyrus

Pa*py"rus
(?)
n.
pl. Papyri (#).
[L., fr. Gr. pa`pyros. See Paper.]
1.
(Bot.)
A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick.

2.
The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and pressed.

3.
A manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum.


word: Par₂
definition:
Par

Par
prep.
[F., fr. L. per. See Per.]
By; with; -- used frequently in Early English in phrases taken from the French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.


word: Par₃
definition:
Par

Par
(?)
n.
[L. par, adj., equal. See Peer an equal.]

1.
Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.

2.
Equality of condition or circumstances.

3.
An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
[Eng.]

4.
(Golf)
The number of strokes required for a hole or a round played without mistake, two strokes being allowed on each hole for putting.  Par represents perfect play, whereas bogey makes allowance on some holes for human frailty.  Thus if par for a course is 75, bogey is usually put down, arbitrarily, as 81 or 82.  If par for one hole is 5, a bogey is 6, and a score of 7 strokes would be a double bogey.

At par, at the original price; neither at a discount nor at a premium; -- used especially of financial instruments, such as bonds. -- Above par, at a premium. -- Below par, (a) at a discount. (a) less than the expected or usual quality; -- of the quality of objects and of the performance of people; as, he performed below par in the game. -- On a par, on a level; in the same condition, circumstances, position, rank, etc.; as, their pretensions are on a par; his ability is on a par with his ambition. -- Par of exchange. See under Exchange. -- Par value, nominal value; face value; -- used especially of financial instruments, such as bonds.


word: Para-
definition:
Para-

Par"a-
(?)
[Gr. para` beside; prob. akin to E. for- in forgive.  Cf. For-.]
1.
A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism.

2.
(Chem.)
A prefix denoting: (a) Likeness, similarity, or connection, or that the substance resembles, but is distinct from, that to the name of which it is prefixed; as paraldehyde, paraconine, etc.; also, an isomeric modification. (b) Specifically: (Organ. Chem.) That two groups or radicals substituted in the benzene nucleus are opposite, or in the respective positions 1 and 4; 2 and 5; or 3 and 6, as paraxylene; paroxybenzoic acid.  Cf. Ortho-, and Meta-. Also used adjectively.


word: Para
definition:
Para

Pa*ra"
(?)
n.
[Turk., fr. Per. pārah a piece.]
A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.


word: Para₂
definition:
Para

Pa*rá"
(?)
n.
1.
The southern arm of the Amazon in Brazil; also, a seaport on this arm.

2.
Short for Pará rubber.


word: Par-anesthesia
definition:
Par-anesthesia

Para-anaesthesia

{ &VerbarPar`a-an`aes*the"si*a, Par`-an`es*the"si*a  }
(?)
n.
[NL.; para- + anæsthesia.]
(Med.)
Anæsthesia of both sides of the lower half of the body.


word: Parabanic
definition:
Parabanic

Par`a*ban"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; to pass over.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid which is obtained by the oxidation of uric acid, as a white crystalline substance (C3N2H2O3); -- also called oxalyl urea.


word: Parablast
definition:
Parablast

Par"a*blast
(?)
n.
[Cf. Gr. _; to grow beside. See Para-, and -blast.]
(Biol.)
A portion of the mesoblast (of peripheral origin) of the developing embryo, the cells of which are especially concerned in forming the first blood and blood vessels.
C. S. Minot.


word: Parablastic
definition:
Parablastic

Par`a*blas"tic
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Of or pertaining to the parablast; as, the parablastic cells.


word: Parable₂
definition:
Parable

Par"a*ble
n.
[F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. _; a placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, a parable, fr. _; to throw beside, compare; para` beside + _; to throw; cf. Skr. gal to drop.  Cf. Emblem, Gland, Palaver, Parabola, Parley, Parabole, Symbol.]
A comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of Christ.
Chaucer.

Declare unto us the parable of the tares.
Matt. xiii. 36.


word: Parable₃
definition:
Parable

Par"a*ble
v. t.
To represent by parable.
[R.]

Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled.
Milton.


word: Parabola
definition:
Parabola

Pa*rab"o*la
(?)
n.
pl. Parabolas (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; -- so called because its axis is parallel to the side of the cone. See Parable, and cf. Parabole.]
(Geom.)
(a)
A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides.  It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix.  See Focus.
(b)
One of a group of curves defined by the equation y = axn where n is a positive whole number or a positive fraction.  For the cubical parabola n = 3; for the semicubical parabola n = 3/2. See under Cubical, and Semicubical.  The parabolas have infinite branches, but no rectilineal asymptotes.


word: Parabolical
definition:
Parabolical

Parabolic

{ Par`a*bol"ic (?), Par`a*bol"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. paraboliko`s figurative: cf. F. parabolique. See Parable.]

1.
Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction.

2.
[From Parabola.]
(Geom.)
(a)
Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve.
(b)
Having a form like that generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid; a parabolic reflector;  a parabolic antenna.

Parabolic conoid, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing curve is a parabola. See Conoid. -- Parabolic mirror (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal surface which gives for parallel rays (as those from very distant objects) images free from aberration.  It is used in reflecting telescopes. -- Parabolic spindle, the solid generated by revolving the portion of a parabola cut off by a line drawn at right angles to the axis of the curve, about that line as an axis. -- Parabolic spiral, a spiral curve conceived to be formed by the periphery of a semiparabola when its axis is wrapped about a circle; also, any other spiral curve having an analogy to the parabola.


word: Parabolically
definition:
Parabolically

Par`a*bol"ic*al*ly
(păr`ȧ*b&obreve_;l"ĭ*kal*l&ybreve_;)
adv.
1.
By way of parable; in a parabolic manner.

2.
In the form of a parabola.


word: Paraboliform
definition:
Paraboliform

Par`a*bol"i*form
(păr`ȧ*b&obreve_;l"ĭ*fôrm)
a.
[Parabola + -form.]
Resembling a parabola in form.


word: Parabolism
definition:
Parabolism

Pa*rab"o*lism
(pȧ*răb"o̝*lĭz'm)
n.
[From Parabola.]
(Alg.)
The division of the terms of an equation by a known quantity that is involved in the first term.
[Obs.]


word: Paraboloid
definition:
Paraboloid

Pa*rab"o*loid
(-loid)
n.
[Parabola + -oid: cf. F. paraboloïde.]
(Geom.)
The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planes parallel to a given line are parabolas.

&hand_; The term paraboloid has sometimes been applied also to the parabolas of the higher orders.
Hutton.


word: Parabronchium
definition:
Parabronchium

Par`a*bron"chi*um
(?)
n.
pl. Parabronchia (#).
[NL. See Para-, Bronchia.]
(Anat.)
One of the branches of an ectobronchium or entobronchium.


word: Paracelsian
definition:
Paracelsian

Par`a*cel"si*an
(?)
prop. a.
Of, pertaining to, or in conformity with, the practice of Paracelsus, a Swiss physician and alchemist of the 15th century.
Ferrand.


word: Paracelsian₂
definition:
Paracelsian

Par`a*cel"si*an
prop. n.
A follower of Paracelsus or his practice or teachings.
Hakewill.


word: Paracelsus
definition:
Paracelsus

Par`a*cel"sus
(păr`ȧ*sĕl"sŭs)
prop. n.
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus (originally Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, also called Theophrastus Paracelsus and Theophrastus von Hohenheim).  Born at Maria-Einsiedeln, in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, Dec. 17 (or 10 Nov.), 1493: died at Salzburg, Sept. 23 (or 24), 1541.  A celebrated German-Swiss physician, reformer of therapeutics, iatrochemist, and alchemist.  He attended school in a small lead-mining district where his father, William Bombast von Hohenheim, was a physician and teacher of alchemy.  The family originally came from Würtemberg, where the noble family of Bombastus was in possession of the ancestral castle of Hohenheim near Stuttgart until 1409.  He entered the University of Basel at the age of sixteen, where he adopted the name Paracelsus, after Celsius, a noted Roman physician.  But he left without a degree, first going to Wurtzburg to study under Joannes Trithemius, Abbot of Sponheim (1462-1516), a famous astrologer and alchemist, who initiated him into the mysteries of alchemy.  He then spent many years in travel and intercourse with distinguished scholars, studied and practiced medicine and surgery, and at one point attended the Diet of Worms.  He was appointed to the office of city physician of Basel, which also made him a lecturer on medicine at Basel about 1526, where, through the publisher Johan Frobenius he made friends with the scholar Erasmus; and there he fulminated against the medical pseudo-science of his day, and against the blind adherence to ancient medical authorities such as Hippocrates, Galen, and Avicenna, which was still the prevalent philosophy of medicine in the sixteenth century.  But soon, in 1528, he was driven from the city by the medical corporations, whose methods he had severely criticized.  He found refuge with friends, and traveled and practiced medicine, but could not find a publisher willing to print his books.  He preached frequently the need for experimentation in medicine.  He is important in the history of medicine chiefly on account of the impetus which he gave to the development of pharmaceutical chemistry.  He was also the author of a visionary and theosophic system of philosophy.  The first collective edition of his works appeared at Basel in 1589-91.  Among the many legends concerning him is that concerning his long sword, which he obtained while serving as barber-surgeon during the Neapolitan wars.  It was rumored that in the hilt of the sword he kept a familiar or small demon; some thought he carried the elixer of life in the sword.  He is buried in the cemetary of the Hospital of St. Sebastian in Salzburg.  For more detailed information about Paracelsus, there is a special project, the Zurich Paracelsus Project available on the Web.
Century Dict., 1906
Bernard Jaffe (Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry,  Revised Edition, 1948).

The apothecaries, too, were enraged against this iconoclast [Paracelsus].  For had he not, as official town physician, demanded the right to inspect their stocks and rule over their prescriptions which he denounced as "foul broths"?  These apothecaries had grown fat on the barbarous prescriptions of the local doctors.  "The physician's duty is to heal the sick, not to enrich the apothecaries," he had warned them, and refused to send his patients to them to have the prescriptions compounded.  He made his own medicines instead, and gave them free to his patients.
 . . .
    Then they hatched a plot and before long Basel had lost Paracelsus, ostensibly because of the meanness of a wealthy citizen.  Paracelsus had sued Canon Lichtenfels for failure to pay him one hundred guldens promised for a cure.  The patient had offered only six guldens, and the fiery Paracelsus, when the court deliberately handed in a verdict against him, rebuked it in such terms that his life was in imminent danger.  In the dead of night, he was persuaded by his friends to leave secretly the city where he had hurled defiance at the pseudo-medicos of the world.
Bernard Jaffe (Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry,  Revised Edition, 1948)

   Although the theories of Paracelsus as contrasted with the Galeno-Arabic system indicate no advance, inasmuch as they ignore entirely the study of anatomy, still his reputation as a reformer of therapeutics is justified in that he broke new paths in the science.  He may be taken as the founder of modern materia medica, and pioneer of scientific chemistry, since before his time medical science received no assistance from alchemy.  To Paracelsus is due the use of mercury for syphilis as well as a number of other metallic remedies, probably a result of his studies in Schwaz, and partly his acquaintance with the quicksilver works in Idria.
Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911


word: Paracentesis
definition:
Paracentesis

Par`a*cen*te"sis
(păr`ȧ*sĕn*tē"sĭs)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. parake`nthsis, fr. parakentei^n to pierce at the side, to tap.]
(Med.)
The perforation of a cavity of the body with a trocar, aspirator, or other suitable instrument, for the evacuation of effused fluid, pus, or gas; tapping.


word: paracentrical
definition:
paracentrical

paracentric

{ par`a*cen"tric (păr`ȧ*sĕn"trĭk), par`a*cen"tric*al (păr`ȧ*sĕn"trĭ*kal), }
a.
[Pref. para- + centric, -ical: cf. F. paracentrique.]
Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a center.

Paracentric curve (Math.), a curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or center, by equal distances in equal times; -- called also a paracentric. -- Paracentric motion or Paracentric velocity, the motion or velocity of a revolving body, such as a planet, by which it approaches to, or recedes from, the center, without reference to its motion in space, or to its motion as reckoned in any other direction.


word: Parachordal
definition:
Parachordal

Par`a*chor"dal
(păr`ȧ*kôr"dal)
a.
[Pref. para- + chordal.]
(Anat.)
Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord.
n. A parachordal cartilage.


word: Parachronism
definition:
Parachronism

Pa*rach"ro*nism
(pȧ*răk"ro̝*nĭz'm)
n.
[Pref. para- + Gr. _; time: cf. F. parachronisme.]
An error in chronology, by which the date of an event is set later than the time of its occurrence.
[R.]


word: Parachrose
definition:
Parachrose

Par"a*chrose
(păr"ȧ*kr&omacrs)
a.
[Gr. para`chrwsis false coloring; para` beside, beyond + chrw`s color.]
(Min.)
Changing color by exposure
Mohs.


word: Parachute
definition:
Parachute

Par"a*chute
(păr"ȧ*shōt or păr"ȧ*sh&usuml_;t)
n.
[F., fr. parer to ward off, guard + chute a fall. See Parry, and Chute, Chance.]

1.
A device made of a piece of cloth, usually silk, attached to multiple chords fastened to a harness; when attached to a person or object falling through the air, it opens from a folded configuration into an umbrella-shaped form, thus slowing the rate of descent so that a safe descent and landing may be made through the air from an airplane, balloon, or other high point.  It is commonly used for descending to the ground from a flying airplane, as for military operations (as of airborne troops) or in an emergency, or for sport.  In the case of use as a sport, the descent from an airplane by parachute is called sky diving.  Some older versions of parachute were more rigid, and were shaped somewhat in the form of an umbrella.
2.
(Zool.)
A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister.


word: parachute
definition:
parachute

par"a*chute
(?)
v. i.
TO descend to th ground from an airplane or other high place using a parachute; as, when the plane stalled, he parachuted safely to the ground.

golden parachute a generous set of financial benefits, including severance pay, provided by contract to a high-level corporate employee in the event s/he is dismissed or his/her job is lost in a corporate takeover or merger; also, the contract providing for such benefits. -- drogue parachute a small parachute that is first released and opened in order to more reliably deploy a larger parachute.  Also called drogue.


word: parachutist
definition:
parachutist

parachuter

par"a*chut`er, par`a*chut"ist
(?)
n.
One who descends from a high altitude to the ground by means of a parachute, especially one who does so for sport or in a military operation.


word: parachuting
definition:
parachuting

par"a*chut*ing
(?)
n.
The act or process of descending from a high altitude to the ground by means of a parachute.


word: Paraclete
definition:
Paraclete

Par"a*clete
(?)
n.
[L. paracletus, Gr. para`klhtos, from parakalei^n to call to one, to exhort, encourage; para` beside + kalei^n to call.]
An advocate; one called to aid or support; hence, the Consoler, Comforter, or Intercessor; -- a term applied to the Holy Spirit.

From which intercession especially I conceive he hath the name of the Paraclete given him by Christ.
Bp. Pearson.


word: Paracmastic
definition:
Paracmastic

Par`ac*mas"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;. See Para-, and Acme.]
(Med.)
Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper.
Dunglison.


word: Paraconic
definition:
Paraconic

Par`a*con"ic
(?)
a.
[Pref. para- + aconitic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained as a deliquescent white crystalline substance, and isomeric with itaconic, citraconic, and mesaconic acids.


word: Paraconine
definition:
Paraconine

Par`a*co"nine
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + conine.]
(Chem.)
A base resembling and isomeric with conine, and obtained as a colorless liquid from butyric aldehyde and ammonia.


word: Paracorolla
definition:
Paracorolla

Par`a*co*rol"la
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + corolla.]
(Bot.)
A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus.


word: Para cress
definition:
Para cress

Pará cress
An annual asteraceous herb (Spilances oleracea) grown in tropical countries as a pungent salad, and also used medicinally.


word: Paracrostic
definition:
Paracrostic

Par`a*cros"tic
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + acrostic.]
A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.
Brande & C.


word: Paracyanogen
definition:
Paracyanogen

Par`a*cy*an"o*gen
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + cyanogen.]
(Chem.)
A polymeric modification of cyanogen, obtained as a brown or black amorphous residue by heating mercuric cyanide.


word: Paradactylum
definition:
Paradactylum

Par`a*dac"ty*lum
n.
pl. Paradactyla (#).
[NL. See Para-, and Dactyl.]
(Zool.)
The side of a toe or finger.


word: Parade
definition:
Parade

Pa*rade"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. Sp. parada a halt or stopping, an assembling for exercise, a place where troops are assembled to exercise, fr. parar to stop, to prepare. See Pare, v. t.]
1.
The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.  Also called parade ground.

2.
(Mil.)
An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops.  Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled.

3.
Hence:
Any imposing procession; the movement of any group of people marshaled in military order, especially a festive public procession, which may include a marching band, persons in varied costume, vehicles with elaborate displays, and other forms of entertainment, held in commemoration or celebration of an event or in honor of a person or persons; as, a parade of firemen; a Thanksgiving Day parade; a Memorial Day parade; a ticker-tape parade.

In state returned the grand parade.
Swift.

4.
Hence:
A pompous show; a formal or ostentatious display or exhibition.

Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade.
Swift.

5.
Posture of defense; guard.
[A Gallicism.]

When they are not in parade, and upon their guard.
Locke.

6.
A public walk; a promenade.

Dress parade, Undress parade. See under Dress, and Undress. -- Parade rest, a position of rest for soldiers, in which, however, they are required to be silent and motionless. Wilhelm.


word: Parade₂
definition:
Parade

Pa*rade"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Paraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Parading.]
[Cf. F. parader.]
1.
To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.

Parading all her sensibility.
Byron.

2.
To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops.


word: Parade₃
definition:
Parade

Pa*rade"
v. i.
1.
To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place.

2.
To assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review or in a public celebratory parade{3}.


word: paradiddle
definition:
paradiddle

paradiddle
n.
The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously.

Syn. -- roll, drum roll.


word: Paradigm
definition:
Paradigm

Par"a*digm
(?)
n.
[F. paradigme, L. paradigma, fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to show by the side of, to set up as an example; para` beside + _; to show. See Para-, and Diction.]

1.
An example; a model; a pattern.
[R.]
paradigms
Cudworth.

2.
(Gram.)
An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection.

3.
(Rhet.)
An illustration, as by a parable or fable.

4.
(Science)
A theory providing a unifying explanation for a set of phenomena in some field, which serves to suggest methods to test the theory and develop a fuller understanding of the topic, and which is considered useful until it is be replaced by a newer theory providing more accurate explanations or explanations for a wider range of phenomena.


word: Paradigmatical
definition:
Paradigmatical

Paradigmatic

{ Par`a*dig*mat"ic (?), Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. paradeigmatiko`s.]
Exemplary.
Par`a*dig*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]


word: Paradigmatic
definition:
Paradigmatic

Par`a*dig*mat"ic
n.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A writer of memoirs of religious persons, as examples of Christian excellence.


word: Paradigmatize
definition:
Paradigmatize

Par`a*dig"ma*tize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Paradigmatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paradigmatizing (?).]
[Gr. paradeigmati`zein. See Paradigm.]
To set forth as a model or example.
[Obs.]
Hammond.


word: Paradisaical
definition:
Paradisaical

Paradisaic

{ Par`a*di*sa"ic (?), Par`a*di*sa"ic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to, or resembling, paradise; paradisiacal; as, paradisaical innocence; an age of paradisaical happiness.
Paradisaical
Gray.

Syn. -- paradisiacal, paradisiac, paradisaic, paradisal, elysian, paradisial.

2.
Causing happinesss.


word: Paradise
definition:
Paradise

Par"a*dise
(păr"ȧ*dīs)
n.
[OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairidaēza an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. peri`) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough.  Cf. Parvis.]

1.
The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation.

2.
The abode of sanctified souls after death.

To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Luke xxiii. 43.

It sounds to him like her mother's voice,
Singing in Paradise.
Longfellow.

3.
A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness.

The earth
Shall be all paradise.
Milton.

Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
Beaconsfield.

4.
(Arch.)
An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.

5.
A churchyard or cemetery.
[Obs.]
Oxf. Gloss.

Fool's paradise. See under Fool, and Limbo. -- Grains of paradise. (Bot.) See Melequeta pepper, under Pepper. -- Paradise bird. (Zool.) Same as Bird of paradise. Among the most beautiful species are the superb (Lophorina superba); the magnificent (Diphyllodes magnifica); and the six-shafted paradise bird (Parotia sefilata).  The long-billed paradise birds (Epimachinæ) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird (Seleucides alba), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See Bird of paradise in the Vocabulary. -- Paradise fish (Zool.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish (Macropodus viridiauratus) having very large fins.  It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. -- Paradise flycatcher (Zool.), any flycatcher of the genus Terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated.   The adult male of Terpsiphone paradisi is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. -- Paradise grackle (Zool.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus Astrapia, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. -- Paradise nut (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See Sapucaia nut. [Local, U. S.] -- Paradise whidah bird. (Zool.) See Whidah.


word: Paradise₂
definition:
Paradise

Par"a*dise
(păr"ȧ*dīs)
v. t.
To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.
[R.]
Marston.


word: Paradisiacal
definition:
Paradisiacal

Paradisiac

{ Par`a*dis"i*ac (?), Par`a*di*si"a*cal (?), }
a.
[L. paradisiacus.]
Of or pertaining to paradise; suitable to, or like, paradise; paradisaic.
C. Kingsley.
T. Burnet.
paradisiacal
Pope.

The valley . . . is of quite paradisiac beauty.
G. Eliot.


word: Paradisian
definition:
Paradisian

Paradisial

{ Par`a*dis"i*al (păr`ȧ*dīs"ĭ*al), Par`a*dis"i*an (păr`ȧ*dīs"ĭ*an), }
a.
Paradisiacal.
[R.]


word: parados
definition:
parados

par"a*dos
(păr"ȧ*d&obreve_;s)
n.
pl. Paradoses (păr"ȧ*d&obreve_;s*ĕz).
[F., fr. parer to defend + dos back, L. dorsum.]
(Fort.)
An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse.
Farrow.


word: paradox
definition:
paradox

par"a*dox
(păr"ȧ*d&obreve_;ks)
n.
pl. paradoxes (păr"ȧ*d&obreve_;ks*ĕz).
[F. paradoxe, L. paradoxum, fr. Gr. para`doxon; para` beside, beyond, contrary to + dokei^n to think, suppose, imagine.  See Para-, and Dogma.]
A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact.

A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable.
Hooker.

This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof.
Shak.

Hydrostatic paradox. See under Hydrostatic.


word: Paradoxist
definition:
Paradoxist

Paradoxer

Par"a*dox`er (păr"ȧ*d&obreve_;ks`ẽr), n., Par"a*dox`ist (păr"ȧ*d&obreve_;ks`ĭst)
n.
One who proposes a paradox.


word: Paradoxical
definition:
Paradoxical

Par`a*dox"ic*al
(păr`ȧ*d&obreve_;ks"ĭ*kal)
a.
1.
Of the nature of a paradox.

2.
Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions.
Southey.


word: Paradoxides
definition:
Paradoxides

Par`a*dox"i*des
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of large trilobites characteristic of the primordial formations.


word: paradoxism
definition:
paradoxism

par"a*dox`ism
(păr"ȧ*d&obreve_;ks`ĭz'm)
n.
[paradox + -ism.  ca. 1980]
An avant-garde movement in literature, art, and philosophy, based on excessive used of antitheses, antinomies, contradictions, oxymorons, and paradoxes.
Charles Le (http://www.geocities.com/charlestle/paradoxism.html)

   Paradoxism originated in Romania in the 1980s as a way of protesting against a closed society and a totalitarian regime.  It is based on an excessive use of antimonies, antitheses, contradictions, oxymorons, and paradoxes.  It was set up and led by the writer Florentin Smarandache in the 1980's, who said: “The goal is the enlargement of the artistic sphere through non-artistic elements”.
  One example of such a paradox is the two-line poem:
      Even if he didn't
      He did

   A free eBook on "Paradoxism and Postmodernism" can be downloaded from http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/IonSoare2.PDF.


word: Paradoxology
definition:
Paradoxology

Par`a*dox*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Paradox + -logy.]
The use of paradoxes.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Paradoxure
definition:
Paradoxure

Par`a*dox"ure
(păr"ȧ*d&obreve_;ks"&uuptack_;r)
n.
[Gr. para`doxos incredible, paradoxical + o'yra` tail. So called because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which it was supposed to be related.]
(Zool.)
Any species of Paradoxurus, a genus of Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or palm cat (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). See Musang.


word: Paradoxy
definition:
Paradoxy

Par"a*dox`y
(?)
n.
1.
A paradoxical statement; a paradox.

2.
The quality or state of being paradoxical.
Coleridge


word: Paraffine
definition:
Paraffine

Paraffin

{ Par"af*fin (păr"ăf*fĭn), Par"af*fine (păr"ăf*fĭn or păr"ăf*fēn) }
n.
[F. paraffine, fr. L. parum too little + affinis akin. So named in allusion to its chemical inactivity.]
(Chem.)
A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation.  It is used in candles, as a sealing agent (such as in canning of preserves), as a waterproofing agent, as an illuminant and as a lubricant.  It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents.  It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus gasoline, coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins.

&hand_; In the present chemical usage this word is spelled paraffin, but in commerce it is commonly spelled paraffine.

Native paraffin. See Ozocerite. -- Paraffin series. See Methane series, under Methane.


word: paraformaldehyde
definition:
paraformaldehyde

par`a*form*al"de*hyde
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + formaldehyde.]
(Chem.)
A polymer of formaldehyde obtained as a white crystalline substance by concentration of a formaldehyde solution.  Formula (CH20)n.  It dissolves in hot water with the release of formaldehyde, and is used as a disinfectant.


word: Parage
definition:
Parage

Par"age
n.
[F., fr. L. par, adj., equal.  Cf. Peerage, Peer an equal.]
1.
(Old Eng. Law)
Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the partition of an inheritance.
Spelman.

2.
(Feudal Law)
Equality of condition between persons holding unequal portions of a fee.
Burrill.

3.
Kindred; family; birth.
[Obs.]
Ld. Berners.

We claim to be of high parage.
Chaucer.


word: Paragenesis
definition:
Paragenesis

Par`a*gen"e*sis
(păr`ȧ*jĕn"e̝*sĭs)
n.
[Pref. para- + genesis.]
1.
(Min.)
The science which treats of minerals with special reference to their origin.

2.
(Geol.)
(a)
The formation of minerals in contact, so as to affect one another's development.
(b)
The order in which minerals occurring together in rocks and veins have developed.


word: Paragenic
definition:
Paragenic

Par`a*gen"ic
(păr`ȧ*jĕn"ĭk)
a.
[Pref. para- the root of ge`nos birth.]
(Biol.)
Originating in the character of the germ, or at the first commencement of an individual; -- said of peculiarities of structure, character, etc.


word: Paraglobulin
definition:
Paraglobulin

Par`a*glob"u*lin
(păr`ȧ*gl&obreve_;b"&uuptack_;*lĭn)
n.
[Pref. para- + globulin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A protein in blood serum, belonging to the group of globulins. See Fibrinoplastin.


word: Paraglossa
definition:
Paraglossa

Par`a*glos"sa
(păr`ȧ*gl&obreve_;s"sȧ)
n.
pl. Paraglossæ (păr`ȧ*gl&obreve_;s"sē).
[NL., from Gr. para` beside + glw^ssa tongue.]
(Zool.)
One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera.


word: Paragnathous
definition:
Paragnathous

Pa*rag"na*thous
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having both mandibles of equal length, the tips meeting, as in certain birds.


word: Paragnathus
definition:
Paragnathus

Pa*rag"na*thus
(pȧ*răg"nȧ*thŭs)
n.
pl. Paragnathi (pȧ*răg"nȧ*thī).
[NL. See Para-, and Gnathic.]
(Zool.)
(a)
One of the two lobes which form the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea.
(b)
One of the small, horny, toothlike jaws of certain annelids.


word: Paragoge
definition:
Paragoge

Par`a*go"ge
(păr`ȧ*g&omacr"je̝)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. paragwgh`, from para`gein to lead beside, protract; para` beside + 'a`gein to lead.]
1.
(Gram.)
The addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word, as withouten for without.

2.
(Med.)
Coaptation.
[Obs.]
Dunglison.


word: Paragogical
definition:
Paragogical

Paragogic

{ Par`a*gog"ic (?), Par`a*gog"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. paragogique.]
Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word.

Paragogic letters, in the Semitic languages, letters which are added to the ordinary forms of words, to express additional emphasis, or some change in the sense.


word: Paragon
definition:
Paragon

Par"a*gon
(păr"ȧ*g&obreve_;n)
n.
[OF. paragon, F. parangon; cf. It. paragone, Sp.  paragon, parangon; prob. fr. Gr. _; to rub against; para` beside + _; whetstone; cf. LGr. _; a polishing stone.]
1.
A companion; a match; an equal.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Philoclea, who indeed had no paragon but her sister.
Sir P. Sidney.

2.
Emulation; rivalry; competition.
[Obs.]

Full many feats adventurous
Performed, in paragon of proudest men.
Spenser.

3.
A model or pattern;
especially
a pattern of excellence or perfection; as, a paragon of beauty or eloquence.
Udall.

Man, . . . the paragon of animals !
Shak.

The riches of sweet Mary's son,
Boy-rabbi, Israel's paragon.
Emerson.

4.
(Print.)
A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.


word: Paragon₂
definition:
Paragon

Par"a*gon
v. t.
[Cf. OF. paragonner, F. parangonner.]

1.
To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
[Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.

2.
To compare with; to equal; to rival.
[R.]
Spenser.

In arms anon to paragon the morn,
The morn new rising.
Glover.

3.
To serve as a model for; to surpass.
[Obs.]

He hath achieved a maid
That paragons description and wild fame.
Shak.


word: Paragon₃
definition:
Paragon

Par"a*gon
v. i.
To be equal; to hold comparison.
[R.]

Few or none could . . . paragon with her.
Shelton.


word: Paragonite
definition:
Paragonite

Pa*rag"o*nite
(?)
n.
[From Gr. _;, p. pr. of _; to mislead.]
(Min.)
A kind of mica related to muscovite, but containing soda instead of potash.  It is characteristic of the paragonite schist of the Alps.


word: Paragram
definition:
Paragram

Par"a*gram
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; that which one writes beside. See Paragraph.]
A pun.

Puns, which he calls paragrams.
Addison.


word: Paragrandine
definition:
Paragrandine

Pa`ra*gran"di*ne
(?)
n.
[It., from parare to parry + grandine hail.]
An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms. See Paragrêle.
Knight.


word: Paragraph
definition:
Paragraph

Par"a*graph
(?)
n.
[F. paragraphe, LL. paragraphus, fr. Gr. para`grafos (sc. grammh`) a line or stroke drawn in the margin, fr. paragra`fein to write beside; para` beside + gra`fein to write. See Para-, and Graphic, and cf. Paraph.]
1.
Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character ¶, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections.

&hand_; This character is merely a modification of a capital P (the initial of the word paragraph), the letter being reversed, and the black part made white and the white part black for the sake of distinctiveness.

2.
A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many sentences.  The division is sometimes noted by the mark ¶, but usually, by beginning the first sentence of the paragraph on a new line and at more than the usual distance from the margin, also called indenting the line.  See indentation{4}.
3.
A brief composition complete in one typographical section or paragraph; an item, remark, or quotation comprised in a few lines forming one paragraph; as, a column of news paragraphs; an editorial paragraph.


word: Paragraph₂
definition:
Paragraph

Par"a*graph
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Paragraphed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paragraphing.]

1.
To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character ¶.

2.
To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph an article.

3.
To mention in a paragraph or paragraphs


word: Paragraphical
definition:
Paragraphical

Paragraphic

{ Par`a*graph"ic (?), Par`a*graph"ic*al (?), }
a.
Pertaining to, or consisting of, a paragraph or paragraphs.
Par`a*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Para grass
definition:
Para grass

Pa*ra" grass` (?), Pará grass
(a)
(Bot.)
A tall rather coarse grass (Panicum molle formerly Panicum barbinode) grown in the tropics for pasturage, and introduced into the southern United States from Brazilas a valuable pasture grass.
(b)
Piassaba fiber.


word: Paragrele
definition:
Paragrele

Pa`ra`grêle"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. parer to guard + grêle hail.]
A lightning conductor erected, as in a vineyard, for drawing off the electricity in the atmosphere in order to prevent hailstorms.
[France]
Knight.


word: Paraguayan
definition:
Paraguayan

Par`a*guay"an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Paraguay.
n. A native or inhabitant of Paraguay.


word: Parakite
definition:
Parakite

Par"a*kite`
(?)
n.
[Para- + kite.]
A train or series of kites on one string and flying tandem, used for attaining great heights and for sending up instruments for meteorological observations or a man for military reconnaissance; also, a kite of such a train.


word: Paralactic
definition:
Paralactic

Par`a*lac"tic
(?)
a.
[Pref. para- + lactic.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
Designating an acid called paralactic acid. See Lactic acid, under Lactic.


word: Paralbumin
definition:
Paralbumin

Par`al*bu"min
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + albumin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A proteidlike body found in the fluid from ovarian cysts and elsewhere.  It is generally associated with a substance related to, if not identical with, glycogen.


word: Paraldehyde
definition:
Paraldehyde

Par*al"de*hyde
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + aldehyde.]
(Chem.)
A trimer of acetaldehyde (C6H12O3), prepared by polymerization of acetaldehyde with hydrochloric and sulfuric acids.  It has sedative and hypnotic properties.
MI11


word: Paraleipsis
definition:
Paraleipsis

Par`a*leip"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to leave on one side, to omit; para` beside + _; to leave.]
(Rhet.)
A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, “I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice.”
[Written also paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.]


word: Paralgesia
definition:
Paralgesia

Par`al*ge"si*a
(?)
n.
[NL.; para- + Gr. 'a`lghsis sense of pain.]
(Med.)
Disordered sensibility to pain, including absence of sensibility to pain, excessive sensibility to pain, and abnormal painful results of stimuli.
Par`al*ge"sic (#), a.


word: Paralian
definition:
Paralian

Pa*ra"li*an
(?)
n.
[Gr. pa`ralos near the sea; para` beside + "a`ls the sea.]
A dweller by the sea.
[R.]


word: Paralipomenon
definition:
Paralipomenon

Par`a*li*pom"e*non
(?)
n. pl.
[L., fr. Gr. paraleipome`nwn of things omitted, pass. p. pr. (neuter genitive plural) fr. _; to omit.]
A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles.

&hand_; In the Septuagint these books are called Paraleipome`nwn prw^ton and dey`teron, which is understood, after Jerome's explanation, as meaning that they are supplementary to the Books of Kings
W. Smith.


word: Parallactical
definition:
Parallactical

Parallactic

{ Par`al*lac"tic (?), Par`al*lac"tic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. parallactique.]
Of or pertaining to a parallax.


word: Parallax
definition:
Parallax

Par"al*lax
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; alternation, the mutual inclination of two lines forming an angle, fr. _; to change a little, go aside, deviate; para` beside, beyond + _; to change: cf. F. parallaxe.  Cf. Parallel.]
1.
The apparent displacement, or difference of position, of an object, as seen from two different stations, or points of view.

2.
(Astron.)
The apparent difference in position of a body (as the sun, or a star) as seen from some point on the earth's surface, and as seen from some other conventional point, as the earth's center or the sun.

3.
(Astron.)
The annual parallax.  See annual parallax, below.

Annual parallax, the greatest value of the heliocentric parallax, or the greatest annual apparent change of place of a body as seen from the earth and sun; it is equivalent to the parallax of an astronomical object which would be observed by taking observations of the object at two different points one astronomical unit (the distance of the Earth from the sun) apart, if the line joining the two observing points is perpendicular to the direction to the observed object; as, the annual parallax of a fixed star.  The distance of an astronomical object from the Earth is inversely proportional to the annual parallax.  A star which has an annual parallax of one second of an arc is considered to be one parsec (3.26 light years) distant from the earth; a star with an annual parallax of one-hundredth second of an arc is 326 light years distant.  See parsec in the vocabulary, and stellar parallax, below. -- Binocular parallax, the apparent difference in position of an object as seen separately by one eye, and then by the other, the head remaining unmoved. -- Diurnal parallax or Geocentric parallax, the parallax of a body with reference to the earth's center.  This is the kind of parallax that is generally understood when the term is used without qualification. -- Heliocentric parallax, the parallax of a body with reference to the sun, or the angle subtended at the body by lines drawn from it to the earth and sun; as, the heliocentric parallax of a planet. -- Horizontal parallax, the geocentric parallx of a heavenly body when in the horizon, or the angle subtended at the body by the earth's radius. -- Optical parallax, the apparent displacement in position undergone by an object when viewed by either eye singly. Brande & C. -- Parallax of the cross wires (of an optical instrument), their apparent displacement when the eye changes its position, caused by their not being exactly in the focus of the object glass. -- Stellar parallax, the annual parallax of a fixed star.


word: parallax second
definition:
parallax second

par"al*lax sec"ond
(?)
n.
An annual parallax of one second of an arc; -- applied to celestial objects outside the solar system.  It is used to measure the distance of an astronomical object from the Earth.  A star which has an annual parallax of one second of an arc is considered to be one parsec (3.26 light years) distant from the earth.  See parsec in the vocabulary.


word: Parallel
definition:
Parallel

Par"al*lel
(?)
a.
[F. parallèle, L. parallelus, fr. Gr. _;; para` beside + _; of one another, fr. _; other, akin to L. alius. See Alien.]
1.
(Geom.)
Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.

Revolutions . . . parallel to the equinoctial.
Hakluyt.

&hand_; Curved lines or curved planes are said to be parallel when they are in all parts equally distant.

2.
Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used with to and with.

When honor runs parallel with the laws of God and our country, it can not be too much cherished.
Addison.

3.
Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage.
Addison.

Parallel bar. (a) (Steam Eng.) A rod in a parallel motion which is parallel with the working beam. (b) One of a pair of bars raised about five feet above the floor or ground, and parallel to each other, -- used for gymnastic exercises. -- Parallel circles of a sphere, those circles of the sphere whose planes are parallel to each other. -- Parallel columns, or Parallels (Printing), two or more passages of reading matter printed side by side, for the purpose of emphasizing the similarity or discrepancy between them. -- Parallel forces (Mech.), forces which act in directions parallel to each other. -- Parallel motion. (a) (Mach.) A jointed system of links, rods, or bars, by which the motion of a reciprocating piece, as a piston rod, may be guided, either approximately or exactly in a straight line. Rankine. (b) (Mus.) The ascending or descending of two or more parts at fixed intervals, as thirds or sixths. -- Parallel rod (Locomotive Eng.), a metal rod that connects the crank pins of two or more driving wheels; -- called also couping rod, in distinction from the connecting rod. See Illust. of Locomotive, in App. -- Parallel ruler, an instrument for drawing parallel lines, so constructed as to have the successive positions of the ruling edge parallel to each other; also, one consisting of two movable parts, the opposite edges of which are always parallel. -- Parallel sailing (Naut.), sailing on a parallel of latitude. -- Parallel sphere (Astron. & Geog.), that position of the sphere in which the circles of daily motion are parallel to the horizon, as to an observer at either pole. -- Parallel vise, a vise having jaws so guided as to remain parallel in all positions.


word: Parallel₂
definition:
Parallel

Par"al*lel
(?)
n.
1.
A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.

Who made the spider parallels design,
Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line ?
Pope.

2.
Direction conformable to that of another line,

Lines that from their parallel decline.
Garth.

3.
Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity.

Twixt earthly females and the moon
All parallels exactly run.
Swift.

4.
A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.

5.
Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars; a counterpart.

None but thyself can be thy parallel.
Pope.

6.
(Geog.)
One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude; also, the corresponding line on a globe or map; as, the counry was divided into North and South at the 38th parallel.

7.
(Mil.)
One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries.  They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.

8.
(Print.)
A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines (thus, &Verbar) used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.

9.
(Elec.)
That arrangement of an electrical system in which all positive poles, electrodes, terminals, etc., are joined to one conductor, and all negative poles, etc., to another conductor; -- called also multiple. Opposed to series.
&hand_; Parts of a system so arranged are said to be in parallel or in multiple.

Limiting parallels. See under Limit, v. t. -- Parallel of altitude (Astron.), one of the small circles of the sphere, parallel to the horizon; an almucantar. -- Parallel of declination (Astron.), one of the small circles of the sphere, parallel to the equator. -- Parallel of latitude. (a) (Geog.) See def. 6. above. (b) (Astron.) One of the small circles of the sphere, parallel to the ecliptic.


word: Parallel₃
definition:
Parallel

Par"al*lel
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Paralleled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paralleling (?).]
1.
To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something else.

The needle . . . doth parallel and place itself upon the true meridian.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like.

His life is paralleled
Even with the stroke and line of his great justice.
Shak.

3.
To equal; to match; to correspond to.
Shak.

4.
To produce or adduce as a parallel.
[R.]
Locke.

My young remembrance can not parallel
A fellow to it.
Shak.


word: parallelepiped
definition:
parallelepiped

parallelepiped
n.
(Geometry)
A prism whose bases are parallelograms.

Syn. -- parallelopiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopipedon.


word: parallelepipedon
definition:
parallelepipedon

parallelepipedon
n.
(Geometry)
Same as parallelepiped.

Syn. -- parallelepiped, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon.


word: Parallelism
definition:
Parallelism

Par"al*lel*ism
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to place side by side, or parallel: cf. F. parallélisme.]

1.
The quality or state of being parallel.

2.
Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.

A close parallelism of thought and incident.
T. Warton.

3.
Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: --

At her feet he bowed, he fell:
Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27.


word: Parallelistic
definition:
Parallelistic

Par`al*lel*is"tic
(?)
a.
Of the nature of a parallelism; involving parallelism.

The antithetic or parallelistic form of Hebrew poetry is entirely lost.
Milman.


word: Parallelogram
definition:
Parallelogram

Par`al*lel"o*gram
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; parallel + _; to write: cf. F. parallélogramme. See Parallel, and -gram.]
(Geom.)
A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are parallel, and consequently equal; -- sometimes restricted in popular usage to a rectangle, or quadrilateral figure which is longer than it is broad, and with right angles.

Parallelogram of velocities, parallelogram of forces, parallelogram of accelerations, parallelogram of momenta, etc. (Mech.), a parallelogram the diagonal of which represents the resultant of two velocities, forces, accelerations, momenta, etc., both in quantity and direction, when the velocities, forces, accelerations, momenta, etc., are represented in quantity and direction by the two adjacent sides of the parallelogram.


word: Parallelogrammatic
definition:
Parallelogrammatic

Par`al*lel`o*gram*mat"ic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a parallelogram; parallelogrammic.


word: Parallelogrammical
definition:
Parallelogrammical

Parallelogrammic

{ Par`al*lel`o*gram"mic (păr`al*lĕl`o̝*grăm"mĭk), Par`al*lel`o*gram"mic*al (păr`al*lĕl`o̝*grăm"mĭ*kal), }
a.
Having the properties of a parallelogram.
[R.]


word: Parallelopiped
definition:
Parallelopiped

Par`al*lel`o*pi"ped
(păr`al*lĕl`o̝*pī"pĕd)
n.
[Gr. para`llhlos parallel + 'epi`pedon a plane surface, 'epi`pedos on the ground, or level with it, level, flat; 'epi` on + pe`don the ground: cf. F. parallélopipède.]
(Geom.)
A solid, the faces of which are six parallelograms, the opposite pairs being parallel, and equal to each other; a prism whose base is a parallelogram.

Syn. -- parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopipedon.


word: parallel-park
definition:
parallel-park

parallel-park
v. t. & i.
To park (a vehicle) parallel to the curb; -- contrasted with angle-park; as, to get a driver's license, one needs to be able to parallel-park.


word: parallel-parking
definition:
parallel-parking

parallel-parking
n.
The act or process of parking parallel to the curb; -- contrasted with angle-parking.


word: Parallel standards
definition:
Parallel standards

Parallel standards
(Numismatics)
Two or more metals coined without any attempt by the government to regulate their values.


word: Parallel sulcus
definition:
Parallel sulcus

Parallel sulcus
(Anat.)
A sulcus parallel to, but some distance below, the horizontal limb of the fissure of Sylvius.


word: Paralogism
definition:
Paralogism

Pa*ral"o*gism
(?)
n.
[Gr. paralogismo`s, fr. paralogi`zesqai to reason falsely; para` beside + logi`zesqai to reason, lo`gos discourse, reason: cf. F. paralogisme.]
(Logic)
A reasoning which is false in point of form, that is, which is contrary to logical rules or formulæ; a formal fallacy, or pseudo-syllogism, in which the conclusion does not follow from the premises.


word: Paralogize
definition:
Paralogize

Pa*ral"o*gize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Paralogized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paralogizing (?).]
[Gr. paralogi`zesqai.]
To reason falsely; to draw conclusions not warranted by the premises.
[R.]


word: Paralogy
definition:
Paralogy

Pa*ral"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. paralogi`a; para` beside, beyond + lo`gos reason.]
False reasoning; paralogism.


word: Paralysis
definition:
Paralysis

Pa*ral"y*sis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. para`lysis, fr. paraly`ein to loosen, dissolve, or disable at the side; para` beside + ly`ein to loosen. See Para-, and Loose, and cf. Palsy.]
(Med.)
Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp., the loss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the body; palsy. See Hemiplegia, and Paraplegia.  Also used figuratively; as, paralysis of the will.
paralysis
G. Eliot.

Mischievous practices arising out of the paralysis of the powers of ownership.
Duke of Argyll (1887).


word: Paralytic
definition:
Paralytic

Par`a*lyt"ic
(?)
a.
[L. paralyticus, Gr. _;: cf. F.  paralytique.]
1.
Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis.

2.
Affected with paralysis, or palsy.

The cold, shaking, paralytic hand.
Prior.

3.
Inclined or tending to paralysis.

Paralytic secretion (Physiol.), the fluid, generally thin and watery, secreted from a gland after section or paralysis of its nerves, as the paralytic saliva.


word: Paralyzation
definition:
Paralyzation

Par`a*ly*za"tion
(?)
n.
The act or process of paralyzing, or the state of being paralyzed.


word: Paralyze
definition:
Paralyze

Par"a*lyze
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Paralyzed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paralyzing (?).]
[F. paralyser. See Paralysis.]

1.
To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.

2.
Fig.:
To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts.


word: Param
definition:
Param

Par"am
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C2H4N4); -- called also dicyandiamide.


word: paramagnet
definition:
paramagnet

par`a*mag"net
n.
A substance exhibiting paramagnetism, i.e. a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it.


word: Paramagnetic
definition:
Paramagnetic

Par`a*mag*net"ic
(?)
a.
[Pref. para- + magnetic.]
(Physics)
Having or exhibiting paramagnetism; -- opposed to diamagnetic and contrasted with ferromagnetic.
n. A paramagnetic substance. Faraday.
Par`a*mag*net"ic*al*ly (#), adv.


word: Paramagnetism
definition:
Paramagnetism

Par`a*mag"net*ism
(?)
n.
(Physics)
A property of materials which are not magnetized in the absence of an external magnetic field, but in which the magnetic moments of their constituents align with and enhance an applied magnetic field; the induced magnetic field of the substance is in direct proportion to the strength of the applied magnetic field; -- opposed to diamagnetic and contrasted with ferromagnetic.
Faraday.


word: Paramaleic
definition:
Paramaleic

Par`a*ma*le"ic
(?)
a.
[Pref. para- + maleic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from malic acid, and now called fumaric acid.
[Obs.]


word: Paramalic
definition:
Paramalic

Par`a*ma"lic
(?)
a.
[Pref. para- + malic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid metameric with malic acid.


word: Paramastoid
definition:
Paramastoid

Par`a*mas"toid
(?)
a.
[Pref. para- + mastoid.]
(Anat.)
Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.


word: Paramatta
definition:
Paramatta

Par`a*mat"ta
(?)
n.
[So named from Paramatta, in Australia.]
A light fabric of cotton and worsted, resembling bombazine or merino.
Beck (Draper's Dict.)


word: Parament
definition:
Parament

Par"a*ment
(?)
n.
[Sp. paramento, from parar to prepare, L. parare.]
Ornamental hangings, furniture, etc., as of a state apartment; rich and elegant robes worn by men of rank; -- chiefly in the plural.
[Obs.]

Lords in paraments on their coursers.
Chaucer.

Chamber of paraments, presence chamber of a monarch.


word: Paramere
definition:
Paramere

Par"a*mere
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + -mere.]
(Zool.)
One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, as a starfish.


word: Parameter
definition:
Parameter

Pa*ram"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + -meter: cf. F. paramètre.]
1.
A constant number which is part of a theory, function, or calculation, whose value is not determined by the form of the theory or equation itself, and may in some cases be arbitrary assigned.

2.
Specifically:
(a)
(Math.)
A term applied to some characteristic magnitude whose value, invariable as long as one and the same function, curve, surface, etc., is considered, serves to distinguish that function, curve, surface, etc., from others of the same kind or family.
Brande & C.
(b)
(Conic Sections)
(in the ellipse and hyperbola), a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate.

&hand_; The parameter of the principal axis of a conic section is called the latus rectum.

3.
(Science)
Any constant number which is required to calculate values of observed phenomena according to a theory, but the value of which must be determined by experiment, and cannot be calculated from the fundamental assumptions of the theory.  In general, a theory which has a large number of parameters, though it may accurately predict experimental results, is considered as having less explanatory power and as being less esthetically pleasing than a theory with fewer parameters.

4.
(Crystallog.)
The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane; also, the fundamental axial ratio for a given species.

5.
The limits, guidelines, or assumptions from within which an activity is carried out; as, new arrivals need to learn the parameters of the research in our department.

6.
(Computers)
A variable used in a calculation within a computer program which must be assigned a value before the calculation can be performed; as, let's plug in the parameters and see what the result is.

7.
A characteristic or element, especially one used as a criterion for evaluation or judgment; as, a useful parameter for determining efficiency.


word: paramedic
definition:
paramedic

par`a*med"ic
(păr`ȧ*mĕd"ĭk)
n.
(Med.)
A person who is trained to give first aid and other emergency medical assistance in the absence of a physician, and to assist a physician in the administration of health care.  Paramedics are often associated with police, firefighting units, or rescue squads.


word: paramedical
definition:
paramedical

par`a*med"i*cal
(păr`ȧ*mĕd"ĭ*kal)
a.
(Med.)
1.
Of or pertaining to those providing medical care who are not physicians but serve in the capacity of assisting physicians; nurses, physiotherapists, dieticians, Physical Therapy instructors, and respiratory therapy technicians are examples of paramedical personnel.

2.
Of or pertaining to the type of medical care provided by paramedics or other paramedical personnel; as, paramedical treatment.


word: Parametritis
definition:
Parametritis

Par`a*me*tri"tis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Para-, and Metritis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the cellular tissue in the vicinity of the uterus.


word: Paramiographer
definition:
Paramiographer

Par`a*mi*og"ra*pher
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; proverb + -graph + -er.]
A collector or writer of proverbs.
[R.]


word: Paramitome
definition:
Paramitome

Par`a*mi"tome
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + mitome.]
(Biol.)
The fluid portion of the protoplasm of a cell.


word: Paramo
definition:
Paramo

Pa"ra*mo
(?)
n.
pl. Paramos (#).
[Sp. pæramo.]
A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America.


word: Paramorph
definition:
Paramorph

Par"a*morph
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + Gr. morfh` form.]
1.
(Min.)
A kind of pseudomorph, in which there has been a change of physical characters, by a change in crystal structure without alteration of chemical composition, as the change of aragonite to calcite; called also allomorph.

2.
(Biol.)
A taxonomic variant observed within a species, for which a more specific term has not been assigned.


word: Paramorphism
definition:
Paramorphism

Par`a*mor"phism
(?)
n.
(Min.)
The change of one mineral species to another, so as to involve a change in physical characters without alteration of chemical composition.


word: Paramount
definition:
Paramount

Par"a*mount
(?)
a.
[OF. par amont above; par through, by (L. per) + amont above. See Amount.]
Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preëminent; as, a paramount duty.
paramount
Bacon.

Lady paramount (Archery), the lady making the best score. -- Lord paramount, the king.


word: Paramour
definition:
Paramour

Par"a*mour
(?)
n.
[F. par amour, lit., by or with love. See 2d Par, and Amour.]
1.
A lover, of either sex; a wooer or a mistress (formerly in a good sense, now only in a bad one); one who takes the place, without possessing the rights, of a husband or wife; -- used of a man or a woman.

The seducer appeared with dauntless front, accompanied by his paramour
Macaulay.

2.
Love; gallantry.
[Obs.]
paramour
Chaucer.


word: Paramours
definition:
Paramours

Paramour

{ Par"a*mour`, Par"a*mours` (?) }
adv.
By or with love, esp. the love of the sexes; -- sometimes written as two words.
[Obs.]

For par amour, I loved her first ere thou.
Chaucer.


word: Paramylum
definition:
Paramylum

Par*am"y*lum
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. para` beside + _; starch.]
(Chem.)
A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scum formed on the surface of stagnant water.


word: Paranaphthalene
definition:
Paranaphthalene

Par`a*naph"tha*lene
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + naphthalene.]
(Chem.)
Anthracene; -- called also paranaphthaline.
[Obs.]


word: paranoia
definition:
paranoia

par`a*noi"a
(păr`ȧ*noi"ȧ)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. para`noia.]
1.
(Med.)
A chronic form of insanity characterized by very gradual impairment of the intellect, systematized delusion, and usually by delusions of persecution or mandatory delusions producing homicidal tendency.  In its mild form paranoia may consist in the well-marked crotchetiness exhibited in persons commonly called “cranks.”   Paranoiacs usually show evidences of bodily and nervous degeneration, and many have hallucinations, esp. of sight and hearing.

2.
Unwarranted suspicion of the motives of others; -- used colloquially in a non-technical sense.
[Colloq.]


word: paranoid
definition:
paranoid

par"a*noid`
(?)
a.
1.
(Med.)
Affected with paranoia; as, a paranoid schizophrenic.

Syn. -- paranoiac.

2.
Suffering from delusions of being persecuted by the conspiratorial actions of others; having an unwarranted suspicion of the motives of others; -- used loosely in a negative sense, not as a medical term; as, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they are not out to get you.
[Colloq.]


word: Paranoiac
definition:
Paranoiac

Par`a*noi"ac
(păr`ȧ*noi"ăk)
a.
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to paranoia; affected with, or characteristic of, paranoia; paranoid.


word: paranormal
definition:
paranormal

par`a*nor"mal
(păr`ȧ*nôr"mal)
adj.
Of or pertaining to parapsychology; pertaining to forces or mental processes, such as extrasensory perception or psychokinesis, outside the possibilities defined by natural or scientific laws; as, paranormal phenomena.

Syn. -- psychic, psychical, parapsycholological.


word: Paranthracene
definition:
Paranthracene

Par*an"thra*cene
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + anthracene.]
(Chem.)
An inert isomeric modification of anthracene.


word: Paranymph
definition:
Paranymph

Par"a*nymph
(?)
n.
[L. paranymphus, Gr. _;; para` beside, near + _; a bride: cf. F. paranymphe.]
1.
(Gr. Antiq.)
(a)
A friend of the bridegroom who went with him in his chariot to fetch home the bride.
Milton.
(b)
The bridesmaid who conducted the bride to the bridegroom.

2.
Hence:
An ally; a supporter or abettor.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Parapectin
definition:
Parapectin

Par`a*pec"tin
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + pectin.]
(Chem.)
A gelatinous modification of pectin.


word: Parapegm
definition:
Parapegm

Par"a*pegm
(?)
n.
[L. parapegma, Gr. _;, fr. _; to fix beside; para` beside + _; to fix: cf. F. parapegme.]
An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place.

&hand_; Parapegms were used for the publication of laws, proclamations, etc., and the recording of astronomical phenomena or calendar events.


word: Parapeptone
definition:
Parapeptone

Par`a*pep"tone
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + peptone.]
(Phisiol. Chem.)
A proteinaceous body formed in small quantity by the peptic digestion of proteids.  It can be converted into peptone by pancreatic juice, but not by gastric juice.


word: Parapet
definition:
Parapet

Par"a*pet
(?)
n.
[F., fr. It. parapetto, fr. parare to ward off, guard (L. parare to prepare, provide) + petto the breast, L. pectus. See Parry, and Pectoral.]

1.
(Arch.)
A low wall, especially one serving to protect the edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like.

2.
(Fort.)
A wall, rampart, or elevation of earth, for covering soldiers from an enemy's fire; a breastwork. See Illust. of Casemate.


word: Parapetalous
definition:
Parapetalous

Par`a*pet"al*ous
(?)
a.
[Pref. para- + petal.]
(Bot.)
Growing by the side of a petal, as a stamen.


word: Paraph
definition:
Paraph

Par"aph
(?)
n.
[F. paraphe, parafe, contr. fr. paragraphe.]
A flourish made with the pen at the end of a signature.  In the Middle Ages, this formed a sort of rude safeguard against forgery.
Brande & C.


word: Paraph₂
definition:
Paraph

Par"aph
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Paraphed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paraphing.]
[Cf. F. parapher, parafer.]
To add a paraph to; to sign, esp. with the initials.


word: Parapherna
definition:
Parapherna

Par`a*pher"na
(?)
n. pl.
[L.]
(Rom. Law)
The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own.


word: Paraphernal
definition:
Paraphernal

Par`a*pher"nal
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. paraphernal.]
Of or pertaining to paraphernalia; as, paraphernal property.
Kent.


word: Paraphernalia
definition:
Paraphernalia

Par`a*pher*na"li*a
(?)
n. pl.
[LL. paraphernalia bona, fr. L. parapherna, pl., parapherna, Gr. _;; para` beside + _; a bride's dowry, fr. fe`rein to bring. See 1st Bear.]

1.
(Law)
Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.

2.
Personal belongings; ornaments; finery; sundry objects carried about for personal convenience.

3.
The appendages, apparatus, or equipment used in a particular activity; as, surveyors unloading their paraphernalia from a van.


word: Paraphimosis
definition:
Paraphimosis

Par`a*phi*mo"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; _; beyond + _; to muzzle.]
(Med.)
A condition in which the prepuce, after being retracted behind the glans penis, is constricted there, and can not be brought forward into place again.


word: Paraphosphoric
definition:
Paraphosphoric

Par`a*phos*phor"ic
(?)
a.
[Pref. para- + phosphoric.]
(Chem.)
Pyrophosphoric.
[Obs.]


word: Paraphragma
definition:
Paraphragma

Par`a*phrag"ma
(-frăg"mȧ)
n.
pl. Paraphragmata (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. para` beside + _;, _;, an inclosure.]
(Zool.)
One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea.
Par`a*phrag"mal (#), a.


word: Paraphrase
definition:
Paraphrase

Par"a*phrase
(păr"ȧ*frāz)
n.
[L. paraphrasis, Gr. para`frasis, from parafra`zein to say the same thing in other words; para` beside + fra`zein to speak: cf. F. paraphrase. See Para-, and Phrase.]
A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; -- opposed to metaphrase.

In paraphrase, or translation with latitude, the author's words are not so strictly followed as his sense.
Dryden.

Excellent paraphrases of the Psalms of David.
I. Disraeli.

His sermons a living paraphrase upon his practice.
Sowth.

The Targums are also called the Chaldaic or Aramaic Paraphrases.
Shipley.


word: Paraphrase₂
definition:
Paraphrase

Par"a*phrase
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Paraphrased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paraphrasing (?).]
To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language.

We are put to construe and paraphrase our own words.
Bp. Stillingfleet.


word: Paraphrast
definition:
Paraphrast

Par"a*phrast
(?)
n.
[L. paraphrastes, Gr. _;: cf. F. paraphraste.]
A paraphraser.
T. Warton.


word: Paraphrastic
definition:
Paraphrastic

{ Par`a*phras"tic (?), Par`a*phras"tic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. paraphrastique.]
Paraphrasing; of the nature of paraphrase; explaining, or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author; not literal; free.
Par`a*phras"tic*al*ly, adv.


word: Paraphysis
definition:
Paraphysis

Pa*raph"y*sis
(?)
n.
pl. Paraphyses (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. para` beside + _; growth.]
(Bot.)
A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.


word: Paraplegy
definition:
Paraplegy

Paraplegia

{ &VerbarPar`a*ple"gi*a (?), Par"a*ple`gy (?), }
n.
[NL. paraplegia, fr. Gr. _; hemiplegia, fr. _; to strike at the side; para` beside + _; to strike: cf. F. paraplégie.]
(Med.)
Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides, caused usually by disease of the spinal cord.
Par`a*pleg"ic (#), a.


word: Parapleura
definition:
Parapleura

Par`a*pleu"ra
(?)
n.
pl. Parapleuræ (#).
[NL. See Para-, and 2d Pleura.]
(Zool.)
A chitinous piece between the metasternum and the pleuron of certain insects.


word: Parapodium
definition:
Parapodium

Par`a*po"di*um
(?)
n.
pl. Parapodia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. para` beside + _;, dim. of _; foot.]
(Zool.)
One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also foot tubercle.

&hand_; They may serve for locomotion, respiration, and sensation, and often contain spines or setæ.  When well developed, a dorsal part, or notopodium, and a ventral part, or neuropodium, are distinguished.


word: Parapophysis
definition:
Parapophysis

Par`a*poph"y*sis
(?)
n.
pl. Parapophyses (#).
[NL. See Para-, and Apophysis.]
(Anat.)
The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra. See Vertebra.
Par*ap`o*phys"ic*al (#), a.


word: parapsychology
definition:
parapsychology

par`a*psy*chol"o*gy
n.
The field of study concerned with psychological phenomena not explainable by the laws of physics, especially extrasensory perception, telepathy, psychokinesis, precognition, and clairvoyance.
The field is controversial, most scientists holding the opinion that the supposed phenomena observed result from poor experimental design, or are mere statistical artifacts or in some cases deliberate fraud.


word: parapsychological
definition:
parapsychological

parapsychological
adj.
Of or pertaining to parapsychology; pertaining to forces or mental processes outside the possibilities defined by natural or scientific laws; as, parapsychological research.

Syn. -- psychic, psychical, parapsycholological, paranormal.


word: Parapterum
definition:
Parapterum

Pa*rap"te*rum
(?)
n.
pl. Paraptera (#).
[NL. See Para-, and Pteron.]
(Zool.)
A special plate situated on the sides of the mesothorax and metathorax of certain insects.


word: Paraquito
definition:
Paraquito

Paraquet

{ Par`a*quet" (?), Par`a*qui"to (?), }
n.
[See Paroquet.]
(Zool.)
See Parrakeet.


word: Para rubber
definition:
Para rubber

Pará rubber
The caoutchouc obtained from the South American euphorbiaceous tree Hevea brasiliensis, hence called the Pará rubber tree, from the Brazilian river and seaport named Pará; also, the similar product of other species of Hevea.  It is usually exported in flat round cakes, and is a chief variety of commercial India rubber.


word: Parasang
definition:
Parasang

Par"a*sang
(?)
n.
[L. parasanga, Gr. _;, from Old Persian; cf. Per. farsang.]
A Persian measure of length, which, according to Herodotus and Xenophon, was thirty stadia, or somewhat more than three and a half miles.  The measure varied in different times and places, and, as now used, is estimated at from three and a half to four English miles.


word: Parascenium
definition:
Parascenium

Par`a*sce"ni*um
(?)
n.
pl. Parascenia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; para` beside + _; stage.]
(Greek & Rom. Antiq.)
One of two apartments adjoining the stage, probably used as robing rooms.


word: Parasceve
definition:
Parasceve

Par`a*sce"ve
(?)
n.
[L., from Gr. _;, lit., preparation.]
1.
Among the Jews, the evening before the Sabbath.
[Obs.]
Mark xv. 42 (Douay ver.)

2.
A preparation.
[R.]
Donne.


word: Paraschematic
definition:
Paraschematic

Par`a*sche*mat"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; to change from the true form.]
Of or pertaining to a change from the right form, as in the formation of a word from another by a change of termination, gender, etc.
Max Müller.


word: Paraselene
definition:
Paraselene

Par`a*se*le"ne
(?)
n.
pl. Paraselenæ (#).
[NL., from Gr. para` beside + selh`nh the moon: cf. F. parasélène.]
(Meteor.)
A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos.  Cf. Parhelion.


word: Parashah
definition:
Parashah

Par"a*shah
(?)
n.
pl. -shoth (#) or -shioth (#)
[Heb. pārāshāh.]
A lesson from the Torah, or Law, from which at least one section is read in the Jewish synagogue on every Sabbath and festival.


word: Parasita
definition:
Parasita

Par`a*si"ta
(păr`ȧ*sī"tȧ)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
(a)
An artificial group formerly made for parasitic insects, as lice, ticks, mites, etc.
(b)
A division of copepod Crustacea, having a sucking mouth, as the lerneans.  They are mostly parasites on fishes.  Called also Siphonostomata.


word: Parasital
definition:
Parasital

Par"a*si`tal
(păr"ȧ*sī`tal)
a.
(Bot. & Zool.)
Of or pertaining to parasites; parasitic.


word: Parasite
definition:
Parasite

Par"a*site
(păr"ȧ*sīt)
n.
[F., fr. L. parasitus, Gr. para`sitos, lit., eating beside, or at the table of, another; para` beside + sitei^n to feed, from sitos wheat, grain, food.]

1.
One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.

Thou, with trembling fear,
Or like a fawning parasite, obey'st.
Milton.

Parasites were called such smell-feasts as would seek to be free guests at rich men's tables.
Udall.

2.
(Bot.)
(a)
A plant obtaining nourishment immediately from other plants to which it attaches itself, and whose juices it absorbs; -- sometimes, but erroneously, called epiphyte.
(b)
A plant living on or within an animal, and supported at its expense, as many species of fungi of the genus Torrubia.

3.
(Zool.)
(a)
An animal which lives during the whole or part of its existence on or in the body of some other animal, feeding upon its food, blood, or tissues, as lice, tapeworms, etc.
(b)
An animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager.
(c)
An animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo.


word: Parasitical
definition:
Parasitical

Parasitic

{ Par`a*sit"ic (păr`ȧ*sĭt"ĭk), Par`a*sit"ic*al (păr`ȧ*sĭt"ĭ*kal), }
a.
[L. parasiticus, Gr. _;: cf. F. parasitique.]

1.
Of the nature of a parasite; having the habits of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic.
Parasitic
Milton.

Syn. -- leechlike, bloodsucking.

2.
(Bot. & Zool.)
Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3.

Parasitic gull, Parasitic jager. (Zool.) See Jager.


word: parasiticidal
definition:
parasiticidal

par`a*sit`i*cid"al
adj.
Capable of destroying parasites, especially capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms.

Syn. -- anthelmintic, anthelminthic, helminthic.


word: Parasiticide
definition:
Parasiticide

Par`a*sit"i*cide
(păr`ȧ*sĭt"ĭ*sīd)
n.
[Parasite + L. caedere to kill.]
Anything used to destroy parasites.
Quain.


word: Parasitism
definition:
Parasitism

Par"a*si`tism
(păr"ȧ*sī`tĭz'm; 277)
n.
[Cf. F. parasitisme.]

1.
The state or behavior of a parasite; the act of a parasite.
parasitism
Milton.

2.
(Bot. & Zool.)
The state of being parasitic.


word: parasol
definition:
parasol

par"a*sol`
(păr"ȧ*s&obreve_;l`; 277)
n.
[F., fr. Sp. or Pg. parasol, or It. parasole; It. parare to ward off, Sp. & Pg. parar (L. parare to prepare) + It. sole sun, Sp. & Pg. sol (L. sol). See Parry, Solar.]
A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.


word: Parasphenoid
definition:
Parasphenoid

Par`a*sphe"noid
(?)
a.
[Pref. para- + sphenoid.]
(Anat.)
Near the sphenoid bone; -- applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals.
n. The parasphenoid bone.


word: Parastichy
definition:
Parastichy

Pa*ras"ti*chy
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + Gr. sti`chos a row.]
(Bot.)
A secondary spiral in phyllotaxy, as one of the evident spirals in a pine cone.


word: Parasynaxis
definition:
Parasynaxis

Par`a*syn*ax"is
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, from _; to assemble illegally or secretly.]
(Civil Law)
An unlawful meeting.


word: Parasynthetic
definition:
Parasynthetic

Par`a*syn*thet"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;. See Para-, and Synthetic.]
Formed from a compound word.
Parasynthetic
Dr. Murray.


word: Parataxis
definition:
Parataxis

Par`a*tax"is
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a placing beside, fr. _; to place beside.]
(Gram.)
The mere ranging of propositions one after another, without indicating their connection or interdependence; -- opposed to syntax.
Brande & C.


word: Parathesis
definition:
Parathesis

Pa*rath"e*sis
(?)
n.
pl. Paratheses (#).
[NL., from Gr. _; a putting beside, from _; to put beside.]

1.
(Gram.)
The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition.

2.
(Rhet.)
A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded.
Smart.

3.
(Print.)
The matter contained within brackets.

4.
(Eccl.)
A commendatory prayer.
Shipley.


word: Paratonnerre
definition:
Paratonnerre

Pa`ra`ton`nerre"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. parer to parry + tonnerre thunderbolt.]
A conductor of lightning; a lightning rod.


word: Parauque
definition:
Parauque

Pa*rauque"
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A bird (Nyctidromus albicollis) ranging from Texas to South America.  It is allied to the night hawk and goatsucker.


word: Paravail
definition:
Paravail

Par`a*vail"
(?)
a.
[OF. par aval below; par through (L. per) + aval down; a- (L. ad) + val (L. vallis) a valley.  Cf. Paramount.]
(Eng. Law)
At the bottom; lowest.
Cowell.

&hand_; In feudal law, the tenant paravail is the lowest tenant of the fee, or he who is immediate tenant to one who holds over of another.
Wharton.


word: Paravant
definition:
Paravant

Paravant

{ Par"a*vant` (?), Par"a*vant` (?), }
adv.
[OF. par avant. See Par, and 1st Avaunt.]

1.
In front; publicly.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
Beforehand; first.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Paraxanthin
definition:
Paraxanthin

Par`a*xan"thin
(?)
n.
[Pref. Para- + xanthin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A crystalline substance closely related to xanthin, present in small quantity in urine.


word: Paraxial
definition:
Paraxial

Par*ax"i*al
(?)
a.
[Pref. para- + axial.]
(Anat.)
On either side of the axis of the skeleton.


word: Paraxylene
definition:
Paraxylene

Par`a*xy"lene
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A hydrocarbon (C6H4(CH3)2) of the aromatic series obtained as a colorless liquid by the distillation of camphor with zinc chloride.  It is one of the three metamers of xylene.  Cf. Metamer, and Xylene.


word: Parboil
definition:
Parboil

Par"boil`
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Parboiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Parboiling.]
[OE. parboilen, OF. parbouillir to cook well; par through (see Par) + bouillir to boil, L. bullire.  The sense has been influenced by E. part. See 1st Boil.]
1.
To boil or cook thoroughly.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

2.
To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.

3.
Hence:
(Fig.)
To do (something) only part way, or incompletely.  Also used intransitively.


word: Parbuckle
definition:
Parbuckle

Par"buc`kle
(?)
n.
(a)
A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask.  The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out.
(b)
A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.


word: Parbuckle₂
definition:
Parbuckle

Par"buc`kle
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Parbuckled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Parbuckling (?).]
To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.
Totten.


word: Parcel
definition:
Parcel

Par"cel
(?)
n.
[F. parcelle a small part, fr. (assumed) LL. particella, dim. of L. pars. See Part, n., and cf. Particle.]
1.
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
[Archaic]
parcel
Chaucer.

Two parcels of the white of an egg.
Arbuthnot.

The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of self-government.
J. A. Symonds.

2.
(Law)
A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.

3.
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.

This youthful parcel
Of noble bachelors stand at my disposing.
Shak.

4.
A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet.

'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage.
Cowper.

Bill of parcels. See under 6th Bill. -- Parcel office, an office where parcels are received for keeping or forwarding and delivery. -- Parcel post, that department of the post office concerned with the collection and transmission of parcels; also, the transmission through the parcel post deparment; as, to send a package by parcel post.  See parcel post in the vocabulary. -- Part and parcel. See under Part.


word: Parcel₂
definition:
Parcel

Par"cel
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Parceled (?) or Parcelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Parceling or Parcelling.]

1.
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often with out or into.
parceled
Shak.

These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.
Dryden.

The broad woodland parceled into farms.
Tennyson.

2.
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
[R.]

That mine own servant should
Parcel the sum of my disgraces by
Addition of his envy.
Shak.

3.
To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.

To parcel a rope (Naut.), to wind strips of tarred canvas tightly arround it. Totten. -- To parcel a seam (Naut.), to cover it with a strip of tarred canvas.


word: Parcel₃
definition:
Parcel

Par"cel
a. & adv.
Part or half; in part; partially.
Shak.
[Sometimes hyphened with the word following.]

The worthy dame was parcel-blind.
Sir W.  Scott.

One that . . . was parcel-bearded [partially bearded].
Tennyson.

Parcel poet, a half poet; a poor poet. [Obs.] B. Jonson.


word: Parceling
definition:
Parceling

Par"cel*ing
n.
[Written also parcelling.]

1.
The act of dividing and distributing in portions or parts.

2.
(Naut.)
Long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used, also, in mousing on the stayes, etc.


word: Parcel-mele
definition:
Parcel-mele

Par"cel-mele`
(?)
adv.
[See Parcel, and Meal a part.]
By parcels or parts.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Parcel post
definition:
Parcel post

Par"cel post
That branch of the post office having to do with the collection, transmission, and delivery of parcels{4}.  The British Inland Parcel Post was established in 1883.  The rates in 1913, dating from 1897, were 3d. for parcels not exceeding one pound and 1d. for each additional pound up to the limit of 10 pounds.  A general parcel post was established in the United States by Act of August 24, 1912, which took effect Jan. 1, 1913.  At that time, parcels could not exceed 11 pounds in weight nor 72 inches in length and girth combined.  Provision is made from insuring parcels, and also for sending parcels C.O.D.  The rates of postage vary with the distance. See Zone, below.


word: Parcenary
definition:
Parcenary

Par"ce*na*ry
(?)
n.
[See Parcener, partner.]
(Law)
The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.

&hand_; It differs in many respects from joint tenancy, which is created by deed or devise.  In the United States there is no essential distinction between parcenary and tenancy in common.
Wharton. Kent.


word: Parcener
definition:
Parcener

Par"ce*ner
(?)
n.
[Of. parçonnier, parsonnier, fr. parzon, parçun, parcion, part, portion, fr. L. partitio a division. See Partition, and cf. Partner.]
(Law)
A coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate.


word: Parch
definition:
Parch

Parch
(pärch)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Parched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Parching.]
[OE. perchen to pierce, hence used of a piercing heat or cold, OF. perchier, another form of percier, F. percer. See Pierce.]
1.
To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn.

Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn.
Lev. xxiii. 14.

2.
To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever.

The ground below is parched.
Dryden.


word: Parchment
definition:
Parchment

Parch"ment
(pärch"ment)
n.
[OE. parchemin, perchemin, F. parchemin, LL. pergamenum, L. pergamena, pergamina, fr. L. Pergamenus of or belonging to Pergamus an ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor, where parchment was first used.]
1.
The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum.

But here's a parchment with the seal of Cæsar.
Shak.

2.
The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.

Parchment paper. See Papyrine.


word: Parchmentize
definition:
Parchmentize

Parch"ment*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. -ized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. -izing (?).]
To convert to a parchmentlike substance, especially by sulphuric acid.


word: Parclose
definition:
Parclose

Par"close
(?)
n.
[OF. See Perclose.]
(Eccl. Arch.)
A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church.
[Written also paraclose and perclose.]
Hook.


word: Pard
definition:
Pard

Pard
(pärd)
n.
[L. pardus, Gr. pa`rdos; cf. Skr. p&rsdot_;dāku tiger, panther.]
(Zool.)
A leopard; a panther.

And more pinch-spotted make them
Than pard or cat o'mountain.
Shak.


word: Pardale
definition:
Pardale

Par"dale
(pär"da̝l)
n.
[L. pardalis, Gr. pa`rdalis.  Cf. Pard.]
(Zool.)
A leopard.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Pardie
definition:
Pardie

Parde

{ Par*de" (?), Par*die" (?) }
adv. or interj.
[F. pardi, for par Dieu by God.]
Certainly; surely; truly; verily; -- originally an oath.
[Written also pardee, pardieux, perdie, etc.]
[Obs.]

He was, parde, an old fellow of yours.
Chaucer.


word: Pardine
definition:
Pardine

Par"dine
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Spotted like a pard.

Pardine lynx (Zool.), a species of lynx (Felis pardina) inhabiting Southern Europe.  Its color is rufous, spotted with black.


word: Pardo
definition:
Pardo

Par"do
(?)
n.
[Pg. pardao, fr. Skr. pratāpa splendor, majesty.]
A money of account once used in in Goa, India, equivalent to about 2s. 6d. sterling. or 60 cts. (in 1913).


word: Pardon
definition:
Pardon

Par"don
(pär"d'n)
n.
[F., fr. pardonner to pardon. See Pardon, v. t.]
1.
The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.

Pardon, my lord, for me and for my tidings.
Shak.

But infinite in pardon was my judge.
Milton.

2.
An official warrant of remission of penalty.

Sign me a present pardon for my brother.
Shak.

3.
The state of being forgiven.
South.

4.
(Law)
A release, by a sovereign, or officer having jurisdiction, from the penalties of an offense, being distinguished from amnesty, which is a general obliteration and canceling of a particular line of past offenses.


word: Pardon₂
definition:
Pardon

Par"don
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Pardoned (pär"d'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Pardoning.]
[Either fr. pardon, n., or from F. pardonner, LL. perdonare; L. per through, thoroughly, perfectly + donare to give, to present. See Par-, and Donation.]
1.
To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.

In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant.
2 Kings v. 18.

I pray you, pardon me; pray heartily, pardon me.
Shak.

2.
To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; -- applied to offenses.

I pray thee, pardon my sin.
1 Sam. xv. 25.

Apollo, pardon
My great profaneness 'gainst thine oracle!
Shak.

3.
To refrain from exacting as a penalty.

I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it.
Shak.

4.
To give leave (of departure) to.
[Obs.]

Even now about it! I will pardon you.
Shak.

Pardon me, forgive me; excuse me; -- a phrase used also to express courteous denial or contradiction, or to request forgiveness for a mild transgression, such as bumping a person while passing.


word: Pardonable
definition:
Pardonable

Par"don*a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. pardonnable.]
Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit.


word: Pardonableness
definition:
Pardonableness

Par"don*a*ble*ness
n.
The quality or state of being pardonable; as, the pardonableness of sin.
Bp. Hall.


word: Pardoning
definition:
Pardoning

Par"don*ing
a.
Relating to pardon; having or exercising the right to pardon; willing to pardon; merciful; as, the pardoning power; a pardoning God.


word: Pare
definition:
Pare

Pare
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Pared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paring.]
[F. parer to pare, as a horse's hoofs, to dress or curry, as, leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry, ward off, fr. L. parare to prepare.  Cf. Empire, Parade, Pardon, Parry, Prepare.]
1.
To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.

2.
To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, rind, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off or away; as, to pare off the rind of fruit; to pare away redundancies.

3.
Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.

The king began to pare a little the privilege of clergy.
Bacon.


word: paregmenon
definition:
paregmenon

pa*reg"me*non`
n.
(Rhet.)
Juxtaposing words having a common derivation, as in the phrase "sense and sensibility".


word: Paregoric
definition:
Paregoric

Par`e*gor"ic
(?)
a.
[L. paregoricus, Gr. _;, from _; addressing, encouraging, soothing; para` beside + _; an assembly: cf. F. parégorique. See Allegory.]
Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.


word: Paregoric₂
definition:
Paregoric

Par`e*gor"ic
n.
(Med.)
A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir.


word: Parelcon
definition:
Parelcon

Pa*rel"con
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; to draw aside, to be redundant; para` beside + _; to draw.]
(Gram.)
The addition of a syllable or particle to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb.


word: Parelectronomic
definition:
Parelectronomic

Par`e*lec`tro*nom"ic
(?)
a.
(Physiol.)
Of or relating to parelectronomy; as, the parelectronomic part of a muscle.


word: Parelectronomy
definition:
Parelectronomy

Par*e`lec*tron"o*my
(?)
n.
[Pref. para- + electro- + Gr. _; law.]
(Physiol.)
A condition of the muscles induced by exposure to severe cold, in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed.


word: Parelle
definition:
Parelle

Parella

{ &VerbarPa*rel"la (?), &VerbarPa`relle (?), }
n.
[Cf. F. parelle.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and Rumex Hydrolapathum).
(b)
A kind of lichen (Lecanora parella) once used in dyeing and in the preparation of litmus.


word: Parembole
definition:
Parembole

Pa*rem"bo*le
(_;)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _; an insertion beside. See Para-, and Embolus.]
(Rhet.)
A kind of parenthesis.


word: paremptosis
definition:
paremptosis

par`emp*to"sis
(păr`ĕmp*t&omacr"sĭs)
n.
[NL., from Gr. pare`mptwsis a coming in beside; para` beside + 'empiptein to fall in.]
Same as Parembole.


word: parenchyma
definition:
parenchyma

pa*ren"chy*ma
(pȧ*rĕ&nsmacr_;"kĭ*mȧ)
n.
[NL., from Gr. pare`gchyma, fr. paregchei^n to pour in beside; para` beside + 'en in + chei^n to pour: cf. F. parenchyme.]
(Biol.)
The soft cellular substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, the soft tissue of glands, and the like.


word: Parenchymous
definition:
Parenchymous

Parenchymatous

{ Par`en*chym"a*tous (?), Pa*ren"chy*mous (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. parenchymateux.]
Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the parenchyma of a tissue or an organ; as, parenchymatous degeneration.


word: Parenesis
definition:
Parenesis

Pa*ren"e*sis
(?)
n.
[L. paraenesis, Gr. parai`nesis, fr. parainei^n to advise.]
Exhortation.
[R.]


word: Parenetical
definition:
Parenetical

Parenetic

{ Par`e*net"ic (?), Par`e*net"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. parainetiko`s: cf. F. parénétique.]
Hortatory; encouraging; persuasive.
[R.]
F. Potter.


word: parent
definition:
parent

par"ent
(pâr"ent or pār"ent; 277)
n.
[L. parens, -entis; akin to parere to bring forth; cf. Gr. porei^n to give, beget: cf. F. parent.  Cf. Part.]
1.
One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord.
Eph. vi. 1.

2.
That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice.

Regular industry is the parent of sobriety.
Channing.

Parent cell. (Biol.) See Mother cell, under Mother, also Cytula. -- Parent nucleus (Biol.), a nucleus which, in cell division, divides, and gives rise to two or more daughter nuclei.  See Karyokinesis, and Cell division, under Division.


word: Parentage
definition:
Parentage

Par"ent*age
(pâr"ent*a̝j; 277)
n.
[Cf. F. parentage relationship.]
Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage.
parentage
Shak.

Though men esteem thee low of parentage.
Milton.


word: Parental
definition:
Parental

Pa*ren"tal
(?)
a.
[L. parentalis.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations; parental affection.

2.
Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate; devoted; as, parental care.

The careful course and parental provision of nature.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Parentation
definition:
Parentation

Par`en*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. parentatio, fr. parentare to offer a solemn sacrifice in honor of deceased parents. See Parent.]
Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies.
[Obs.]
Abp. Potter.


word: Parenthesis
definition:
Parenthesis

Pa*ren"the*sis
(pȧ*rĕn"the̝*sĭs)
n.
pl. Parentheses (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. pare`nqesis, fr. parentiqe`nai to put in beside, insert; para` beside + 'en in + tiqe`nai to put, place. See Para-, En-, 2, and Thesis.]

1.
A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it.  It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes.
parenthesis
Sir T. Browne.

Don't suffer every occasional thought to carry you away into a long parenthesis.
Watts.

2.
(Print.)
One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase.

&hand_; Parenthesis, in technical grammar, is that part of a sentence which is inclosed within the recognized sign; but many phrases and sentences which are punctuated by commas are logically parenthetical.  In def. 1, the phrase “by way of comment or explanation” is inserted for explanation, and the sentence would be grammatically complete without it.  The present tendency is to avoid using the distinctive marks, except when confusion would arise from a less conspicuous separation.


word: Parenthesize
definition:
Parenthesize

Pa*ren"the*size
(pȧ*rĕn"the̝*sīz)
v. t.
To make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks.
Lowell.


word: parenthetical
definition:
parenthetical

parenthetic

{ par`en*thet"ic (păr`ĕn*thĕt"ĭk), par`en*thet"ic*al (păr`ĕn*thĕt"ĭ*kal), }
a.
[Cf. Gr. pare`nqetos.]
1.
Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as if in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark; a parenthetical style.
[wns=1]

A parenthetical observation of Moses himself.
Hales.

2.
Using or containing parentheses.

3.
Added within parentheses to amplify or explain; as, parenthetical remarks.
[wns=2]


word: Parenthetically
definition:
Parenthetically

Par`en*thet"ic*al*ly
adv.
In a parenthetical manner; by way of parenthesis; by parentheses.


word: Parenticide
definition:
Parenticide

Pa*ren"ti*cide
(?)
n.
[L. parenticida a parricide; parens parent + caedere to kill.]

1.
The act of one who kills one's own parent.
[R.]

2.
One who kills one's own parent; a parricide.
[R.]


word: Parepididymis
definition:
Parepididymis

Par*ep`i*did"y*mis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Para-, and Epididymis.]
(Anat.)
A small body containing convoluted tubules, situated near the epididymis in man and some other animals, and supposed to be a remnant of the anterior part of the Wolffian body.


word: Parergy
definition:
Parergy

Par"er*gy
(?)
n.
[L. parergon, Gr. _;; para` beside + _; work.]
Something unimportant, incidental, or superfluous.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Paresis
definition:
Paresis

Par"e*sis
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. pa`resis, fr. parie`nai to let go; para` from + "ie`nai to send.]
(Med.)
Incomplete paralysis, affecting motion but not sensation.


word: Parethmoid
definition:
Parethmoid

Par*eth"moid
(?)
a.
[Pref. para- + ethmoid.]
(Anat.)
Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; -- applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
n. A parethmoid bone.


word: Parfleche
definition:
Parfleche

Par*fleche"
(?)
n.
[Prob. through Canadian F. fr. Amer. Indian.]
A kind of rawhide consisting of hide, esp. of the buffalo, which has been soaked in crude wood-ash lye to remove the hairs, and then dried.


word: Parfocal
definition:
Parfocal

Par*fo"cal
(?)
a.
[Pari- + focal.]
(Opt.)
With the lower focal points all in the same plane; -- said of sets of eyepieces so mounted that they may be interchanged without varying the focus of the instrument (as a microscope or telescope) with which they are used.
parfocal


word: Parfourn
definition:
Parfourn

Parforn

{ Par*forn" (?), Par*fourn" (?) }
v. t.
To perform.
[Obs.]
Chaucer. Piers Plowman.


word: Pargasite
definition:
Pargasite

Par"gas*ite
(?)
n.
[So called from Pargas, in Finland.]
(Min.)
A dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende.


word: Parget
definition:
Parget

Par"get
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Pargeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pargeting.]
[OE. pargeten, also spargeten, sparchen; of uncertain origin.]
1.
To coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues; as, to parget the outside of their houses.
Sir T. Herbert.

The pargeted ceiling with pendants.
R. L. Stevenson.

2.
To paint; to cover over.
[Obs.]


word: Parget₃
definition:
Parget

Par"get
n.
1.
Gypsum or plaster stone.

2.
Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork.
Knight.

3.
Paint, especially for the face.
[Obs.]
Drayton.


word: Pargeting
definition:
Pargeting

Par"get*ing
n.
[Written also pargetting.]
Plasterwork;
esp.:
(a)
A kind of decorative plasterwork in raised ornamental figures, formerly used for the internal and external decoration of houses.
(b)
(In modern architecture)
the plastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the draught.


word: Pargetory
definition:
Pargetory

Par"get*o*ry
(?)
n.
Something made of, or covered with, parget, or plaster.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Parhelion
definition:
Parhelion

Par*hel"ion
(?)
n.
pl. Parhelia (#).
[L. parelion, Gr. _;, _;; para` beside + _; the sun.]
A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light, sometimes near the sun, and tinged with colors like the rainbow, and sometimes opposite to the sun.  The latter is usually called an anthelion.  Often several mock suns appear at the same time.  Cf. Paraselene.


word: Pari-
definition:
Pari-

Par"i-
(?)
[L. par, paris, equal.]
A combining form signifying equal; as, paridigitate, paripinnate.


word: Pariah
definition:
Pariah

Pa"ri*ah
(?)
n.
[From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of the low caste, fr. parai a large drum, because they beat the drums at certain festivals.]

1.
One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindus as of very low grade.  They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See Caste.
Balfour (Cyc. of India).

2.
An outcast; one despised by society.

Pariah dog (Zool.), a mongrel race of half-wild dogs which act as scavengers in Oriental cities. -- Pariah kite (Zool.), a species of kite (Milvus govinda) which acts as a scavenger in India.


word: Parian
definition:
Parian

Pa"ri*an
(?)
a.
[L. Parius.]
Of or pertaining to Paros, an island in the Aegean Sea noted for its excellent statuary marble; as, Parian marble.

Parian chronicle, a most ancient chronicle of the city of Athens, engraved on marble in the Isle of Paros, now among the Arundelian marbles.


word: Parian₂
definition:
Parian

Pa"ri*an
n.
1.
A native or inhabitant of Paros.

2.
A ceramic ware, resembling unglazed porcelain biscuit, of which are made statuettes, ornaments, etc.


word: Paridigitata
definition:
Paridigitata

Par`i*dig`i*ta"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Pari-, and Digitate.]
(Zool.)
Same as Artiodactyla.


word: Paridigitate
definition:
Paridigitate

Par`i*dig"i*tate
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Having an even number of digits on the hands or the feet.
Owen.


word: Paries
definition:
Paries

Pa"ri*es
(?)
n.
pl. Parietes (#).
[See Parietes.]
(Zool.)
The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.


word: Parietal
definition:
Parietal

Pa*ri"e*tal
(?)
a.
[L. parietalis, fr. paries, -ietis, a wall: cf. F. pariétal.  Cf. Parietary, Pellitory.]

1.
Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.

2.
Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.

At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee.
B. H. Hall (1856).

3.
(Anat.)
(a)
Of or pertaining to the parietes.
(b)
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals.

4.
(Bot.)
Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta.


word: Parietal₂
definition:
Parietal

Pa*ri"e*tal
n.
1.
(Anat.)
One of the parietal bones.

2.
(Zool.)
One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.


word: Parietary₂
definition:
Parietary

Pa*ri"e*ta*ry
n.
[L. parietaria, fr. parietarius parietal.  Cf. Pellitory, Parietal.]
(Bot.)
Any one of several species of Parietaria. See 1st Pellitory.


word: Parietes
definition:
Parietes

Pa*ri"e*tes
(?)
n. pl.
[L. paries a wall.]

1.
(Anat.)
The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium.

2.
(Bot.)
The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.


word: Parietic
definition:
Parietic

Pa`ri*et"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen Parmelia parietina, and called also chrysophanic acid.


word: Parietine
definition:
Parietine

Pa*ri"e*tine
(?)
n.
[L. parietinus parietal: cf. parietinae ruined walls.]
A piece of a fallen wall; a ruin.
[Obs.]
Burton.


word: Parieto-
definition:
Parieto-

Pa*ri"e*to-
(_;)
(Anat.)
A combining form used to indicate connection with, or relation to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; as, the parieto-mastoid suture.


word: Parigenin
definition:
Parigenin

Pa*rig"e*nin
(?)
n.
[Parillin + -gen + -in.]
(Chem.)
A curdy white substance, obtained by the decomposition of parillin.


word: Parillin
definition:
Parillin

Pa*ril"lin
(?)
n.
[Shortened fr. sarsaparillin.]
(Chem.)
A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also smilacin, sarsaparilla saponin, and sarsaparillin.


word: parimutuel
definition:
parimutuel

par`i*mu"tu*el
(păr`ĭ*mū"chō*ŭl)
n.
A form of betting where winners share the total amount wagered, in proporation to their bets, and less a portion for the management; -- used commonly in betting at horse racing track.  In parimutuel betting, the payoff for a bet does not have fixed odds, but depends on the amount bet on each outcome.


word: Paring
definition:
Paring

Par"ing
(?)
n.
[From Pare, v. t.]
1.
The act of cutting off the surface or extremites of anything.

2.
That which is pared off.
Pope.

Pare off the surface of the earth, and with the parings raise your hills.
Mortimer.


word: Paripinnate
definition:
Paripinnate

Par`i*pin"nate
(?)
a.
[Pari- + pinnate.]
(Bot.)
Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.


word: Paris
definition:
Paris

Par"is
(?)
n.
[From Paris, the son of Priam.]
(Bot.)
A plant common in Europe (Paris quadrifolia); herb Paris; truelove.  It has been used as a narcotic.

&hand_; It much resembles the American genus Trillium, but has usually four leaves and a tetramerous flower.


word: Paris₂
definition:
Paris

Par"is
n.
The chief city of France.

Paris green. See under Green, n. -- Paris white (Chem.), purified chalk used as a pigment; whiting; Spanish white.


word: parish
definition:
parish

par"ish
(păr"ĭsh)
n.
[OE. parishe, paresche, parosche, OF. paroisse, parosse, paroiche, F. paroisse, L. parochia, corrupted fr. paroecia, Gr. paroiki`a, fr. pa`roikos dwelling beside or near; para` beside + o'i^kos a house, dwelling; akin to L. vicus village. See Vicinity, and cf. Parochial.]

1.
(Eccl. & Eng. Law)
(a)
That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein.
Cowell.
(b)
The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc.

&hand_; Populous and extensive parishes are now divided, under various parliamentary acts, into smaller ecclesiastical districts for spiritual purposes.
Mozley & W.

2.
An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live.
[U. S.]

3.
In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.


word: Parish
definition:
Parish

Par"ish
a.
Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor.
Dryden.

Parish clerk. (a) The clerk or recording officer of a parish. (b) A layman who leads in the responses and otherwise assists in the service of the Church of England. -- Parish court, in Louisiana, a court in each parish.


word: Parishioner
definition:
Parishioner

Pa*rish"ion*er
(?)
n.
[F. paroissien, LL. parochianus.]
One who belongs to, or is connected with, a parish.


word: Parisian
definition:
Parisian

Pa*ri"sian
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. parisen.]
A native or inhabitant of Paris, the capital of France.


word: Parisology
definition:
Parisology

Par`i*sol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; almost equal, evenly balanced + -logy.]
The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.
[R.]


word: parison
definition:
parison

par"i*son
(?)
n.
(Glassworking)
An intermediate stage or shape of a glass object which is produced in more than one stage.


word: Parisyllabical
definition:
Parisyllabical

Parisyllabic

{ Par`i*syl*lab"ic (?), Par`i*syl*lab"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Pari- + syllabic, -ical: cf. F. parisyllabique.]
Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections.


word: Paritor
definition:
Paritor

Par"i*tor
(?)
n.
[Abbrev. fr. apparitor: cf. L. paritor a servant, attendant.]
An apparitor.
paritors
Dryden.


word: Parity
definition:
Parity

Par"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. paritas, fr. par, paris, equal: cf. F. parité. See Pair, Peer an equal.]
1.
The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; a like state or degree; equality; equivalence; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning.
parity
De Quincey.

Equality of length and parity of numeration.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
Specifically:
(Finance)
Equivalence in value to the currency of another country.

3.
(Physics)
A property assigned to elementary particles, conceptualized as a form of symmetry, representing the fact that no fundamental distinctions can be observed between right-handed and left-handed systems of particles in their interactions, and supported by the typical observation that the total parity of a system is unchanged as particles are created or annihilated; however, certain interactions involving the weak force have been shown to violate the principle of conservation of parity.

4.
(Physics)
A property of the wave function of a system, which takes the value of +1 or -1, indicating whether the value of the wave function changes sign if each of the variables of the system is replaced by its negative.

5.
(Med.)
The condition of having borne a child or children, alive or dead.

6.
(Math.)
The property of being even or odd; as, 3 has odd parity, but 6 has even parity.

7.
Hence:
(Computers)
The property of having an even or odd number of bits set to the value of 1 (as opposed to 0); -- applied to bytes or larger groups of bits in a data structure.  It is used mostly in the process of parity checking.  The parity of a data structure can be changed by changing the value of the parity bit.


word: parity bit
definition:
parity bit

par"i*ty bit`
(?)
n.
(Computers)
The bit within a data structure which is assigned a value of 1 or 0 so as to make the parity{7} of the data structure odd or even.  Data structures may or may not have parity bits, dpending on whether the system does or does not perform parity checking.  The most commonly used parity bit is the eigth (higher-order) bit of a byte, which is used when data transmission uses only the 7 lower-order bits of each byte as significant data; some memory systems use a ninth bit as a parity bit for each eight bits (one byte) of significant data in memory.


word: parity check
definition:
parity check

par"i*ty check`
(?)
n.
(Computers)
The act or process of testing whether a byte or other data structure has an even or odd number of bits set to the value of 1; -- it is used primarily to detect errors in data, especially in memory banks or in data transmitted over a communications line.  The parity can be changed by assigning one bit in each data structure as the parity bit, so that the total number of bits set to the value of 1 is odd (odd parity) or even (even parity).  If parity is used for error checking the writing and reading systems must first agree on which type of parity (odd or even) to use; if the reading system detects a deviation from the agreed parity, it signals an error, to be handled by the error-handling processes of the system.


word: Park
definition:
Park

Park
(pärk)
n.
[AS. pearroc, or perh. rather fr. F. parc; both being of the same origin; cf. LL. parcus, parricus, Ir. & Gael. pairc, W. park, parwg.  Cf. Paddock an inclosure, Parrock.]
1.
(Eng. Law)
A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant.
Mozley & W.

2.
A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.
Chaucer.

While in the park I sing, the listening deer
Attend my passion, and forget to fear.
Waller.

3.
A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York.

4.
(Mil.)
A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery.

5.
A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
[Written also parc.]

6.
Any place where vehicles are assembled according to a definite arrangement; also, the vehicles.

7.
A position of the gear lever in a vehicle with automatic transmission, used when the vehicle is stopped, in which the transmission is in neutral and a brake is engaged.

Park of artillery. See under Artillery. -- Park phaeton, a small, low carriage, for use in parks. -- industrial park a region located typically in a suburban or rural area, zoned by law for specific types of business use (as, retail business, light industry, and sometimes heavy industry), often having some parklike characteristics, and having businesses, parking lots, and sometimes recreation areas and restaurants.  The sponsoring agency may also provide supporting facilities, such as water towers, office buildings, or for large industrial parks, an airport.


word: Park₂
definition:
Park

Park
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Parked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Parking.]
1.
To inclose in a park, or as in a park.

How are we parked, and bounded in a pale.
Shak.

2.
(Mil.)
To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park artillery, wagons, automobiles, etc.

3.
In oyster culture, to inclose in a park.

4.
To bring (a vehicle) to a stop and leave it standing; -- typically a parked vehicle is off of the public road, the motor is not running, and the driver has left the vehicle.
a vehicle stopped but still running with the driver in it is said to be standing.
parallel-park
5.
To place (an object) in a temporary location; as, to park oneself on the couch; to park one's money in a mutual fund.
[informal]


word: Park₃
definition:
Park

Park
v. i.
1.
To promenade or drive in a park; also, of horses, to display style or gait on a park drive.

2.
To come to a stop [in a vehicle] off of the public road and leave the vehicle standing; -- typically the motor of a parked vehicle is not left running; as, he parked in a no-parking zone.


word: Parkee
definition:
Parkee

Parka

{ Par"ka (?), Par"kee (?) }
n.
[Russ. parka, parki, dim. of para a pair, fr. G. paar, L. par. Cf. Pair.]
1.
An outer garment made of the skins of birds or mammals, worn by Eskimos, etc.

2.
A coat with a fur lining and a hood, used for protection in very cold weather.

3.
Hence:
Any of a variety of jackets with attached hoods, usually of very warm or waterproof construction so as to provide protection from cold or rainy weather.


word: parked
definition:
parked

parked
adj.
p. p. of park, v. t., 2; -- of vehicles; as, there were four parked cars across the street.


word: Parkeria
definition:
Parkeria

Par*ke"ri*a
(?)
prop. n.
[NL. So named from W. K. Parker, a British zoologist.]
(Zool.)
A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks.  The species are globular, or nearly so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball.


word: Parkeriaceae
definition:
Parkeriaceae

Parkeriaceae
prop. n.
A natural family of ferns coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes it is included in the family Polypodiaceae.

Syn. -- family Parkeriaceae.


word: Parkesine
definition:
Parkesine

Parkes"ine
(pärks"ĭn or pärks"ēn)
n.
[So called from Mr. Parkes, the inventor.]
A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; -- called also xylotile.


word: Parkia
definition:
Parkia

Parkia
prop. n.
A genus of tropical Old World trees, including the nitta trees.

Syn. -- genus Parkia.


word: parking
definition:
parking

parking
n.
The act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily.

2.
A space or spaces in which a vehicle can be parked; as, there is plenty of parking behind the store.


word: Parkinsonia
definition:
Parkinsonia

Parkinsonia
prop. n.
A small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees.

Syn. -- genus Parkinsonia.


word: parkinsonism
definition:
parkinsonism

parkinsonism
n.
A degenerative nervous disorder occurring mostly in persons older than 60 years, characterized in advanced stages by rhythmic muscular tremors, especially in the hands, and by rigidity of movement, a drooping posture, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression; the term designates a set of symptoms, and the underlying disease causing these symptoms is most commonly Parkinson's disease.  Parkinsonism results from a deficiency in the neurotransmitter dopamine caused by degeneration of the cells producing that agent.  It can be mitigated by chemotherapy with agents such as levodopa (3-hydroxy-L-tyrosine).

Syn. -- paralysis agitans, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, Parkinson's, shaking palsy.

A Mayo Clinic study finds parkinsonism, a group of ailments that includes Parkinson's disease, is three times more common than previously thought and men are more likely to develop it than women.
    The study, published Tuesday in the journal Neurology, found the lifetime risk of developing parkinsonism is 7.5 percent, three times higher than previously thought.
UPI (Jan. 2, 1999)


word: Parkinson's disease
definition:
Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's

Parkinson's, Parkinson's disease
prop. n.
A disease causing parkinsonism, a degenerative nervous disorder; sometimes used loosely as a synonym for parkinsonism.  More precisely, parkinson's disease is the term for the underlying physiological disorder and parkinsonism is the term for the set of symptoms associated with the disease.  See parkinsonism.

Syn. -- paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's disease syndrome, shaking palsy.

Parkinson's disease is the most common form of parkinsonism, a group of disorders that are the result of the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells.
Mayo Clinic (Report, 1999)

According to the National Parkinson's Foundation (NPF), 1 million Americans -- including former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, and television and film star Michael J. Fox -- are affected by Parkinson's disease.
Mayo Clinic (Report, 1999)


word: parkleaves
definition:
parkleaves

park"leaves`
(pärk"lēvz`)
n.
(Bot.)
A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.


word: Parlance
definition:
Parlance

Par"lance
(pär"lans)
n.
[OF., fr. F. parler to speak. See Parley.]
Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance.

A hate of gossip parlance and of sway.
Tennyson.


word: Parlante
definition:
Parlante

Parlando

{ &VerbarPar*lan"do (?), &VerbarPar*lan"te (?), }
a. & adv.
[It.]
(Mus.)
Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or played in the style of a recitative.


word: parlay
definition:
parlay

par"lay
v. t.
1.
To wager the winnings plus the initial stake of one bet on a subsequent wager, or to engage in a series of such increased wagers.
This is the characteristic act in a common betting system used by gamblers to try to achieve a large win from a small initial stake.  Statistically, it is similar to betting a small stake on a game with a large payoff and a proportionately small chance of winning.
2.
To exploit success in one endeavor so as to achieve greater success in subsequent endeavors.

3.
Fig., to transform a gain into something of greater value.


word: parlay₂
definition:
parlay

par"lay
n.
The act of betting the winnings from a prior bet, plus the original stake, on a subsequent bet; the second or later such bet in a series; also, a series of such bets, with the stakes for later bets coming from the winnings of earlier bets.
This is the characteristic act in a common betting system used by gamblers to try to achieve a large win from a small initial stake.  Statistically, it is similar to betting a small stake on a game with a large payoff, but with a proportionately small chance of winning.


word: Parle
definition:
Parle

Parle
(?)
v. i.
[F. parler. See Parley.]
To talk; to converse; to parley.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Finding himself too weak, began to parle.
Milton.


word: Parle₂
definition:
Parle

Parle
n.
Conversation; talk; parley.
[Obs.]

They ended parle, and both addressed for fight.
Milton.


word: Parley
definition:
Parley

Par"ley
(?)
n.
pl. Parleys (#).
[F. parler speech, talk, fr. parler to speak, LL. parabolare, fr. L. parabola a comparison, parable, in LL., a word. See Parable, and cf. Parliament, Parlor.]
Mutual discourse or conversation; discussion; hence, an oral conference with an enemy, as with regard to a truce.

We yield on parley, but are stormed in vain.
Dryden.

To beat a parley (Mil.), to beat a drum, or sound a trumpet, as a signal for holding a conference with the enemy.


word: Parley₂
definition:
Parley

Par"ley
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Parleyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Parleying.]
To speak with another; to confer on some point of mutual concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer orally with an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace.

They are at hand,
To parley or to fight; therefore prepare.
Shak.


word: Parliament
definition:
Parliament

Par"lia*ment
(?)
n.
[OE. parlement, F. parlement, fr. parler to speak; cf. LL. parlamentum, parliamentum. See Parley.]
1.
A parleying; a discussion; a conference.
[Obs.]

But first they held their parliament.
Rom. of R.

2.
A formal conference on public affairs; a general council;
esp.,
an assembly of representatives of a nation or people having authority to make laws.

They made request that it might be lawful for them to summon a parliament of Gauls.
Golding.

3.
The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws.

&hand_; Thought the sovereign is a constituting branch of Parliament, the word is generally used to denote the three estates named above.

4.
In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts.

Parliament heel, the inclination of a ship when made to careen by shifting her cargo or ballast. -- Parliament hinge (Arch.), a hinge with so great a projection from the wall or frame as to allow a door or shutter to swing back flat against the wall. -- Long Parliament, Rump Parliament. See under Long, and Rump.


word: Parliamentarian₂
definition:
Parliamentarian

Par`lia*men*ta"ri*an
n.
1.
(Eng. Hist.)
One who adhered to the Parliament, in opposition to King Charles I.
Walpole.

2.
One versed in the rules and usages of Parliament or similar deliberative assemblies; as, an accomplished parliamentarian.


word: Parliamentary
definition:
Parliamentary

Par`lia*men"ta*ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. parlementaire.]

1.
Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority.
Bacon.

2.
Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act.
Sir M. Hale.

3.
According to the rules and usages of Parliament or of deliberative bodies; as, a parliamentary motion; parliamentary order; parliamentary procedure.

Parliamentary agent, a person, usually a solicitor, professionally employed by private parties to explain and recommend claims, bills, etc., under consideration of Parliament. [Eng.] -- Parliamentary train, one of the trains which, by act of Parliament, railway companies are required to run for the conveyance of third-class passengers at a reduced rate. [Eng.]


word: Parlor
definition:
Parlor

Par"lor
(?)
n.
[OE. parlour, parlur, F. parloir, LL. parlatorium. See Parley.]
[Written also parlour.]
1.
A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc.
Specifically:
(a)
The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the inmates are permitted to meet and converse with each other, or with visitors and friends from without.
Piers Plowman.
(b)
In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor.
(c)
Commonly, in the United States, a drawing-room, or the room where visitors are received and entertained;  a room in a private house where people can sit and talk and relax, not usually the same as the dining room.

&hand_; “In England people who have a drawing-room no longer call it a parlor, as they called it of old and till recently.”
Fitzed. Hall.

2.
A room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.

Parlor car. See Palace car, under Car.


word: parlour
definition:
parlour

parlour
n.
1.
Same as parlor.

Syn. -- living room, sitting room, front room, parlor.

2.
A room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.

Syn. -- parlor.


word: Parlous
definition:
Parlous

Par"lous
(?)
a.
[For perlous, a contr. fr. perilous.]

1.
Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough. 
[Archaic]
parlous
Beau. & Fl.

2.
Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen.
[Obs.]
parlous
Shak.
parlous
Dryden.
Par"lous*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Par"lous*ness, n. [Obs.]


word: Parmelia
definition:
Parmelia

Parmelia
prop. n.
The type genus of the Parmeliaceae; a large genus of chiefly alpine foliaceous lichens.

Syn. -- genus Parmelia.


word: Parmesan
definition:
Parmesan

Par`me*san"
(?)
a.
[F. parmesan, It. parmigiano.]
1.
Of or pertaining to Parma in Italy.

2.
Parmesan cheese.

Parmesan cheese, a kind of cheese of a rich flavor, though from skimmed milk, made in Parma, Italy.


word: Parnassia
definition:
Parnassia

Par*nas"si*a
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Bot.)
A genus of herbs growing in wet places, and having white flowers; grass of Parnassus.


word: Parnassian₂
definition:
Parnassian

Par*nas"sian
n.
[See Parnassus.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus Parnassius. They inhabit the mountains, both in the Old World and in America.


word: Parnassian₃
definition:
Parnassian

Par*nas"sian
(?)
n.
[F. parnassien.]
One of a school of French poets of the Second Empire (1852-70) who emphasized metrical form and made little use of emotion as poetic material; -- so called from the name (Parnasse contemporain) of the volume in which their first poems were collected in 1866.


word: Parnassus
definition:
Parnassus

Par*nas"sus
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;.]
(Anc. Geog. & Gr. Myth.)
A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.

Grass of Parnassus. (Bot.) See under Grass, and Parnassia. -- To climb Parnassus, to write poetry. [Colloq.]


word: Parnellite
definition:
Parnellite

Par"nell*ite
(?)
n.
(Eng. Politics)
One of the adherents of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91) in his advocacy of home rule for Ireland.


word: Paroccipital
definition:
Paroccipital

Par`oc*cip"i*tal
(?)
a.
[Pref. para- + occipital.]
(Anat.)
Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.


word: Parochial
definition:
Parochial

Pa*ro"chi*al
(?)
a.
[LL. parochialis, from L. parochia. See Parish.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties; parochial schools.
Parochial
Bp. Atterbury.

2.
Hence:
Limited; narrow; having or characterized by narrow interests centered on oneself or one's local community; narrow-minded; provincial; as, parochial views.
parochial
W. Black.


word: Parochialism
definition:
Parochialism

Pa*ro"chi*al*ism
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being parochial in form or nature; a system of management peculiar to parishes.


word: Parochially
definition:
Parochially

Pa*ro"chi*al*ly
adv.
In a parochial manner; by the parish, or by parishes.
Bp. Stillingfleet.


word: Parodical
definition:
Parodical

Parodic

{ Pa*rod"ic (?), Pa*rod"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. parodique.]
Having the character of parody.

Very paraphrastic, and sometimes parodical.
T. Warton.


word: parodist
definition:
parodist

par"o*dist
(păr"o̝*dĭst)
n.
[Cf. F. parodiste.]
One who writes a parody; one who parodies.
Coleridge.


word: parody
definition:
parody

par"o*dy
(păr"o̝*d&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Parodies (păr"o̝*dĭz).
[L. parodia, Gr. parw,di`a; para` beside + 'w,dh` a song: cf. F. parodie. See Para-, and Ode.]

1.
A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.

The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's “Hind and Panther” was received with great applause.
Macaulay.

2.
A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
[Obs.]


word: parody₂
definition:
parody

par"o*dy
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. parodied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. parodying.]
[Cf. F. parodier.]
To write a parody upon; to burlesque.

I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of Horace.
Pope.


word: Parol
definition:
Parol

Pa*rol"
(?)
n.
[See Parole, the same word.]

1.
A word; an oral utterance.
[Obs.]

2.
(Law)
Oral declaration; word of mouth; also, a writing not under seal.
Blackstone.


word: Parol₂
definition:
Parol

Pa*rol"
a.
Given or done by word of mouth; oral; also, given by a writing not under seal; as, parol evidence.

Parol arrest (Law), an arrest in pursuance of a verbal order from a magistrate. -- Parol contract (Law), any contract not of record or under seal, whether oral or written; a simple contract. Chitty. Story.


word: Parole
definition:
Parole

Pa*role"
(?)
n.
[F. parole. See Parley, and cf. Parol.]
1.
A word; an oral utterance.
[Obs.]

2.
Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith;
especially
(Mil.)
promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like.

This man had forfeited his military parole.
Macaulay.

3.
(Mil.)
A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards.

4.
(Law)
Oral declaration. See 1st Parol, 2.

5.
The release of a prisoner from confinement prior to the end of the original sentence, conditioned on good behavior and often with other specific conditions, such as not to associate with known criminals.  Such early release is common where the sentence provides a minimum and maximum term; as, he was released on parole after three years of his five-year sentence; he is out on parole.

6.
A document authorizing a parole{5}.


word: Parole₃
definition:
Parole

Pa*role"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Paroled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paroling.]
(Mil. and Penology)
To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.


word: parole board
definition:
parole board

pa*role" board`
n.
A group of individuals with authority to determine whether a prisoner will be granted parole{5} from a particular prison.


word: Paromology
definition:
Paromology

Par`o*mol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. fr. _;, fr. _; to grant; _; by, near + _; to speak together, agree. See Homologous.]
(Rhet.)
A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.


word: Paronomasia
definition:
Paronomasia

Par`o*no*ma"si*a
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to form a word by a slight change; para` beside + _; to name, fr. 'o`noma a name.]
(Rhet.)
A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning.
Dryden.


word: Paronomastical
definition:
Paronomastical

Paronomastic

{ Par`o*no*mas"tic (?), Par`o*no*mas"tic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words.


word: Paronychia
definition:
Paronychia

Par`o*nych"i*a
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. parwnychi`a; para` beside + 'o`nyx, 'o`nychos, a nail{1}.]
(Med.)
A whitlow, or felon{3}.
Quincy.


word: Paronymous
definition:
Paronymous

Pa*ron"y*mous
(?)
a.
[Gr. parw`nymos; para` beside, near + 'o`noma a name.]
1.
Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; -- said of certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc.

2.
Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning; -- said of certain words, as all and awl; hair and hare, etc.


word: Paroophoron
definition:
Paroophoron

Par`o*öph"o*ron
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _; (see Para-) + _; an egg + fe`rein to bear.]
(Anat.)
A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some animals, and corresponding with the parepididymis of the male.


word: Paroquet
definition:
Paroquet

Par"o*quet`
(?)
n.
[F. perroquet, or Sp. periquito; both prob. orig. meaning, little Peter. See Parrot.]
(Zool.)
Same as Parrakeet.
[Written also paroket, parroquet, and perroquet.]

Paroquet auk or Paroquet auklet (Zool.), a small auk (Cyclorrhynchus psittaculus) inhabiting the coast and islands of Alaska.  The upper parts are dark slate, under parts white, bill orange red.  Called also perroquet auk.


word: Parorchis
definition:
Parorchis

Pa*ror"chis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Para-, and Orchis.]
(Anat.)
The part of the epididymis, or the corresponding part of the excretory duct of the testicle, which is derived from the Wolffian body.


word: Parostosis
definition:
Parostosis

Par`os*to"sis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Para-, and Ostosis.]
(Physiol.)
Ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum.


word: Parotic
definition:
Parotic

Pa*rot"ic
(?)
a.
[See Parotid.]
(Anat.)
On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear.

Parotic region (Zool.), the space around the ears.


word: Parotid
definition:
Parotid

Pa*rot"id
(?)
a.
[L. parotis, -idis, Gr. _;, _;; para` beside, near + _;, _;, the ear: cf. F. parotide. ]
(Anat.)
(a)
Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear. 
(b)
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland.

Parotid gland (Anat.), one of the salivary glands situated just in front of or below the ear.  It is the largest of the salivary glands in man, and its duct opens into the interior of the mouth opposite the second molar of the upper jaw.


word: Parotitis
definition:
Parotitis

Par`o*ti"tis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Parotid, and -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the parotid glands.

Epidemic parotitis or Infectious parotitis, mumps.


word: Parotoid
definition:
Parotoid

Par"o*toid
(?)
a.
[Parotid + -oid.]
(Anat.)
Resembling the parotid gland; -- applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above the ear in many toads and frogs.
n. A parotoid gland.


word: Parousia
definition:
Parousia

Pa*rou"si*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;. See Parusia.]
(a)
The nativity of our Lord.
(b)
The last day.
Shipley.


word: Parovarium
definition:
Parovarium

Par`o*va"ri*um
(?)
n.
[NL. See Para-, and Ovarium.]
(Anat.)
A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct; the epoophoron.


word: Paroxysm
definition:
Paroxysm

Par"ox*ysm
(?)
n.
[F. paroxysme, Gr. _;, fr. _; to sharpen, irritate; para` beside, beyond + _; to sharpen, from _; sharp.]
1.
(Med.)
The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions.
Arbuthnot.

2.
Any sudden and violent emotion; spasmodic passion or action; a convulsion; a fit.

The returning paroxysms of diffidence and despair.
South.


word: Paroxysmal
definition:
Paroxysmal

Par`ox*ys"mal
(?)
a.
Of the nature of a paroxysm; characterized or accompanied by paroxysms; as, a paroxysmal pain; paroxysmal temper.
Par`ox*ys"mal*ly, adv.


word: Paroxytone
definition:
Paroxytone

Par*ox"y*tone
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, a. See Para-, and Oxytone.]
(Gr. Gram.)
A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.


word: Parquet
definition:
Parquet

Par*quet"
(pär*kā" or pär*kĕt")
n.
[F. See Parquetry.]

1.
A body of seats on the floor of a music hall or theater nearest the orchestra; but commonly applied to the whole lower floor of a theater, from the orchestra to the dress circle; the pit.

2.
Same as Parquetry.

3.
In various European public bourses, the railed-in space within which the “agents de change,” or privileged brokers, conduct business; also, the business conducted by them; -- distinguished from the coulisse, or outside market.

4.
In most European countries, the branch of the administrative government which is charged with the prevention, investigation, and punishment of crime, representing the public and not the individual injured.


word: Parquet circle
definition:
Parquet circle

Parquet circle
That part of the lower floor of a theater with seats at the rear of the parquet and beneath the galleries; -- called also, esp. in U. S., orchestra circle or parterre.


word: Parqueted
definition:
Parqueted

Par"quet*ed
(pär*kād")
a.
Formed in parquetry; inlaid with wood in small and differently colored figures.

One room parqueted with yew, which I liked well.
Evelyn.


word: Parquetry
definition:
Parquetry

Par"quet*ry
(?)
n.
[F. parqueterie, fr. parquet inlaid flooring, fr. parquet, dim. of parc an inclosure. See Park.]
A species of joinery or cabinet-work consisting of an inlay of geometric or other patterns, generally of different colors, -- used especially for floors.


word: Parr
definition:
Parr

Parr
(pär)
n.
[Cf. Gael. & Ir. bradan a salmon.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse bands; -- called also samlet, skegger, and fingerling.
(b)
A young leveret.


word: Parakeet₂
definition:
Parakeet

Parrakeet

{ Par"ra*keet` (păr"rȧ*kēt`), Par"a*keet`  }
n.
[See Paroquet.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small parrots having a graduated tail, which is frequently very long; -- called also paroquet and paraquet.

&hand_; Many of the Asiatic and Australian species belong to the genus Paleornis; others belong to Polytelis, Platycercus, Psephotus, Euphema, and allied genera.  The American parrakeets mostly belong to the genus Conurus, as the Carolina parrakeet (Conurus Carolinensis).


word: Parrel
definition:
Parrel

Parral

{ Par"ral (?), Par"rel (?), }
n.
[F. appareil. See Apparel, n.]
1.
(Naut.)
The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure.
Totten.

2.
A chimney-piece.
Halliwell.


word: Parrhesia
definition:
Parrhesia

Par*rhe"si*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; para` beside, beyond + _; a speaking.]
(Rhet.)
Boldness or freedom of speech.


word: Parricidal
definition:
Parricidal

Par"ri*ci`dal
(?)
a.
[L. parricidalis, parricidialis. See Parricide.]
Of or pertaining to parricide; guilty of parricide.


word: Parricide
definition:
Parricide

Par"ri*cide
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See Father, Homicide, and cf. Patricide.]

1.
Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.

2.
[L. parricidium.]
The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.


word: Parrock
definition:
Parrock

Par"rock
(păr"rŭk)
n.
[AS. pearruc, pearroc. See Park.]
A croft, or small field; a paddock.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Parrot
definition:
Parrot

Par"rot
(păr"rŭt)
n.
[Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow.  Cf. Paroquet, Petrel, Petrify.]
1.
(Zool.)
In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.

2.
(Zool.)
Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidæ, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories.  They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks.  The gray parrot, or jako (Psittacus erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are examples.  Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.

Carolina parrot (Zool.), the Carolina parrakeet. See Parrakeet. -- Night parrot, or Owl parrot. (Zool.) See Kakapo. -- Parrot coal, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.] -- Parrot green. (Chem.) See Scheele's green, under Green, n. -- Parrot weed (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant (Bocconia frutescens) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer parts of America.  It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers. -- Parrot wrasse, Parrot fish (Zool.), any fish of the genus Scarus.  One species (Scarus Cretensis), found in the Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.


word: parrotfish
definition:
parrotfish

par"rot*fish`
(păr"rŭt*fĭsh`)
n.
Any of several gaudy tropical fishes of the family Scaridae having parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth.

Syn. -- pollyfish.


word: Parrotiopsis
definition:
Parrotiopsis

Parrotiopsis
prop. n.
A genus of trees containing only one species, a deciduous tree of Himalaya.

Syn. -- genus Parrotiopsis.


word: parrotlike
definition:
parrotlike

par"rot*like`
(păr"rŭt*līk`)
adj.
Mechanically imitated or repeated without thought or understanding; as, a mere parrotlike word-calling process; a voice quality sounding parrotlike.


word: Parrotry
definition:
Parrotry

Par"rot*ry
(păr"rŭt*r&ybreve_;)
n.
Servile imitation or repetition.
[R.]
Coleridge.
parrotry
Fitzed. Hall.


word: Parrot's-bill
definition:
Parrot's-bill

Par"rot's-bill`
(păr"rŭts*bĭl`)
n.
[So called from the resemblance of its curved superior petal to a parrot's bill.]
(Bot.)
The glory pea. See under Glory.


word: Parry
definition:
Parry

Par"ry
(păr"r&ybreve_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Parried (păr"rĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Parrying.]
[F. paré, p. p. of parer. See Pare, v. t.]

1.
To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.
Locke.

Vice parries wide
The undreaded volley with a sword of straw.
Cowper.

2.
To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.

The French government has parried the payment of our claims.
E. Everett.


word: parry₂
definition:
parry

par"ry
n.
pl. Parries (_;).
A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter.


word: parse
definition:
parse

parse
(pärs)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. parsed (pärst); p. pr. & vb. n. parsing.]
[L. pars a part; pars orationis a part of speech. See Part, n.]
(Gram.)
To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically.

Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly.
Ascham.


word: parsec
definition:
parsec

par"sec
(pär"sĕk)
n.
[From parallax second.  See parallax second and annual parallax, under parallax.]
(Astron.)
A unit of length used in describing astronomical distances, equal to 3.26 light years, or 3.086 x 1013 km.  Abbreviated pc.  The derived units of kiloparsec (kpc, 1000 parsecs) and megaparsec (mpc, one million parsecs) are often found in discussion of astronomical distances.


word: Parsee
definition:
Parsee

Par"see
(pär"sē or pär*sē")
prop. n.
[Hind. & Per. pārsī a Persian, a follower of Zoroaster, a fire worshiper.  Cf. Persian.]

1.
One of the adherents of the Zoroastrian or ancient Persian religion, descended from Persian refugees settled in India, and now found in western India; a fire worshiper; a Gheber.

Syn. -- Parsi.

2.
The Iranian dialect of much of the religious literature of the Parsees.


word: Parseeism
definition:
Parseeism

Par"see*ism
(pär"sē*ĭz'm or pär*sē"ĭz'm)
prop. n.
The religion and customs of the Parsees.

Syn. -- Parsiism.


word: Parsimonious
definition:
Parsimonious

Par`si*mo"ni*ous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. parcimonieux. See Parsimony.]
Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.
Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.

A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious.
Bacon.

Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war will drain us of more men and money.
Addison.


word: parsimoniousness
definition:
parsimoniousness

parsimoniousness
n.
1.
The quality of being parsimonious; extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

Syn. -- parsimony, thrift, penny-pinching.

2.
An extreme stinginess.

Syn. -- meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, tightfistedness.


word: Parsimony
definition:
Parsimony

Par"si*mo*ny
(?)
n.
[L. parsimonia, parcimonia; cf. parcere to spare, parsus sparing: cf. F. parcimonie.]
Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.
Bacon.

Awful parsimony presided generally at the table.
Thackeray.


word: Parsley
definition:
Parsley

Pars"ley
(pärs"l&ybreve_;)
n.
[OE. persely, persil, F. persil, L. petroselinum rock parsley, Gr. petrose`linon; pe`tros stone + se`linon parsley.  Cf. Celery.]
(Bot.)
An aromatic umbelliferous herb (Carum Petroselinum), having finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a garnish.

As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a rabbit.
Shak.

Fool's parsley. See under Fool. -- Hedge parsley, Milk parsley, Stone parsley, names given to various weeds of similar appearance to the parsley. -- Parsley fern (Bot.), a small fern with leaves resembling parsley (Cryptogramme crispa). -- Parsley piert (Bot.), a small herb (Alchemilla arvensis) formerly used as a remedy for calculus.


word: Parsnip
definition:
Parsnip

Pars"nip
(pärs"nĭp)
n.
[OE. parsnepe, from a French form, fr. L. pastinaca; cf. pastinare to dig up, pastinum a kind of dibble; cf. OF. pastenade, pastenaque.]
(Bot.)
The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant itself.

Cow parsnip. See Cow parsnip. -- Meadow parsnip, the European cow parsnip. -- Poison parsnip, the wild stock of the parsnip. -- Water parsnip, any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sium, the species of which are poisonous.


word: Parson
definition:
Parson

Par"son
(?)
n.
[OE. persone person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne person, LL. persona (sc. ecclesiae), fr. L. persona a person. See Person.]

1.
(Eng. Eccl. Law)
A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls.

2.
Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher.

He hears the parson pray and preach.
Longfellow.

Parson bird (Zool.), a New Zealand bird (Prosthemadera Novæseelandiæ) remarkable for its powers of mimicry and its ability to articulate words.  Its color is glossy black, with a curious tuft of long, curly, white feathers on each side of the throat.  It is often kept as a cage bird.


word: Parsonage
definition:
Parsonage

Par"son*age
(?)
n.
1.
(Eng. Eccl. Law)
A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish.

2.
The glebe and house, or the house only, owned by a parish or ecclesiastical society, and appropriated to the maintenance or use of the incumbent or settled pastor.

3.
Money paid for the support of a parson.
[Scot.]

What have I been paying stipend and teind, parsonage and vicarage, for?
Sir W. Scott.


word: Parsonical
definition:
Parsonical

Parsonic

{ Par*son"ic (?), Par*son"ic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to a parson; clerical.

Vainglory glowed in his parsonic heart.
Colman.


word: Parsonish
definition:
Parsonish

Par"son*ish
(?)
a.
Appropriate to, or like, a parson; -- used in disparagement.
[Colloq.]


word: Part
definition:
Part

Part
(pärt)
n.
[F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to bring forth, produce.  Cf. Parent, Depart, Parcel, Partner, Party, Portion.]
1.
One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.

And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet.
Acts v. 2.

Our ideas of extension and number -- do they not contain a secret relation of the parts ?
Locke.

I am a part of all that I have met.
Tennyson.

2.
Hence, specifically:
(a)
An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient.

An homer is the tenth part of an ephah.
Ex. xvi. 36.

A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom,
And ever three parts coward.
Shak.

All the parts were formed . . . into one harmonious body.
Locke.

The pulse, the glow of every part.
Keble.

Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them.
Shak.

All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and fears.
Dryden.

3.
That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.

We have no part in David.
2 Sam. xx. 1.

Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part;
Do thou but thine.
Milton.

Let me bear
My part of danger with an equal share.
Dryden.

4.
Hence, specifically:
(a)
One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.

For he that is not against us is on our part.
Mark ix. 40.

Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part.
Waller.

That part
Was aptly fitted and naturally performed.
Shak.

It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf.
Shak.

Honor and shame from no condition rise;
Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Pope.

For my part, so far as concerns me; for my share. -- For the most part. See under Most, a. -- In good part, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner; as, to take an act in good part. Hooker. -- In ill part, unfavorably; with displeasure. -- In part, in some degree; partly. -- Part and parcel, an essential or constituent portion; -- a reduplicative phrase.  Cf. might and main, kith and kin, etc. “She was . . . part and parcel of the race and place.” Howitt. -- Part of speech (Gram.), a sort or class of words of a particular character; thus, the noun is a part of speech denoting the name of a thing; the verb is a part of speech which asserts something of the subject of a sentence. -- Part owner (Law), one of several owners or tenants in common. See Joint tenant, under Joint. -- Part singing, singing in which two or more of the harmonic parts are taken. -- Part song, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct vocal parts. “A part song differs from a madrigal in its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to each part.” Stainer & Barrett.


word: Part₂
definition:
Part

Part
(pärt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Parted; p. pr. & vb. n. Parting.]
[F. partir, L. partire, partiri, p. p. partitus, fr. pars, gen. partis, a part. See Part, n.]

1.
To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever.
part
Lev. ii. 6.

There, [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues.
Keble.

2.
To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share.

To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee.
Pope.

They parted my raiment among them.
John xix. 24.

3.
To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.

The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Ruth i. 17.

While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
Luke xxiv. 51.

The narrow seas that part
The French and English.
Shak.

4.
Hence:
To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.

The stumbling night did part our weary powers.
Shak.

5.
To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver.

The liver minds his own affair, . . .
And parts and strains the vital juices.
Prior.

6.
To leave; to quit.
[Obs.]

Since presently your souls must part your bodies.
Shak.

7.
To separate (a collection of objects) into smaller collections; as, to part one's hair in the middle.

To part a cable (Naut.), to break it. -- To part company, to separate, as travelers or companions.


word: Part₃
definition:
Part

Part
v. i.
1.
To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle.

2.
To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from.

He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted.
Shak.

He owned that he had parted from the duke only a few hours before.
Macaulay.

His precious bag, which he would by no means part from.
G. Eliot.

3.
To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; -- followed by with or from; as, to part with one's money.

Celia, for thy sake, I part
With all that grew so near my heart.
Waller.

Powerful hands . . . will not part
Easily from possession won with arms.
Milton.

It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son.
A. Trollope.

4.
To have a part or share; to partake.
[Obs.]
part
1 Sam. xxx. 24.


word: Partage
definition:
Partage

Part"age
(?)
n.
[F. See Part, v. & n.]

1.
Division; the act of dividing or sharing.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

2.
Part; portion; share.
[Obs.]
Ford.


word: Partake
definition:
Partake

Par*take"
(pär*tāk")
v. i.
[imp. Partook (pär*tŏk"); p. p. Partaken (pär*tāk"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Partaking.]
[Part + take.]

1.
To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share; as, to partake of a feast with others.
partake
Locke.

When I against myself with thee partake.
Shak.

2.
To have something of the properties, character, or office; -- usually followed by of.

The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes partly of a judge, and partly of an attorney-general.
Bacon.


word: partake
definition:
partake

par*take"
(pär*tāk")
v. t.
1.
To partake of; to have a part or share in; to share.

Let every one partake the general joy.
Dryden.

2.
To admit to a share; to cause to participate; to give a part to.
[Obs.]
Spencer.

3.
To distribute; to communicate.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: partaker
definition:
partaker

par*tak"er
(pär*tāk"ẽr)
n.
1.
One who partakes; a sharer; a participator.

Partakers of their spiritual things.
Rom. xv. 27.

Wish me partaker in my happiness.
Shark.

2.
An accomplice; an associate; a partner.
[Obs.]

Partakers wish them in the blood of the prophets.
Matt. xxiii. 30.


word: partan
definition:
partan

par"tan
(pär"tan)
n.
[Cf. Ir. & Gael. partan.]
(Zool.)
An edible British crab.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: parted
definition:
parted

part"ed
(pärt"ĕd)
a.
1.
Separated; divided.

2.
Endowed with parts or abilities.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

3.
(Bot.)
Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; -- said of a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; as, three-parted, five-parted, etc.
Gray.


word: Parterre
definition:
Parterre

Par*terre"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. par on, by (L. per) + terre earth, ground, L. terra. See Terrace.]
1.
(Hort.)
An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on.

2.
The pit of a theater; the parquet.
[France]


word: Parthenic
definition:
Parthenic

Par*then"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. parqeniko`s, fr. parqe`nos a maid, virgin.]
Of or pertaining to the Spartan Partheniæ, or sons of unmarried women.


word: Parthenocissus
definition:
Parthenocissus

Parthenocissus
prop. n.
A genus of woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils.

Syn. -- genus Parthenocissus.


word: parthenogenesis
definition:
parthenogenesis

par`the*no*gen"e*sis
(pär`the̝*no̝*jĕn"e̝*sĭs)
n.
[Gr. parqe`nos a virgin + E. genesis.]
1.
(Biol.)
The production of new individuals from virgin females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the intervention of the male element; the production, without fertilization, of cells capable of germination.  It is one of the phenomena of alternate generation.  Cf. Heterogamy, and Metagenesis.

2.
(Bot.)
The production of seed without fertilization, believed to occur through the nonsexual formation of an embryo extraneous to the embryonic vesicle.


word: Parthenogenetic
definition:
Parthenogenetic

Par`the*no*ge*net"ic
a.
(Biol.)
Of, pertaining to, or produced by, parthenogenesis; as, parthenogenetic forms.
Par`the*no*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Parthenon
definition:
Parthenon

Par"the*non
(pär"the̝*n&obreve_;n)
prop. n.
[L., fr. Gr. Parqenw`n, fr.parqe`nos a virgin, i. e., Athena, the Greek goddess called also Pallas.]
A celebrated marble temple of Athena, on the Acropolis at Athens. It was of the pure Doric order, and has had an important influence on art.


word: Parthenope
definition:
Parthenope

Par*then"o*pe
(pär*thĕn"o̝*pē)
n.
[L., the name of a Siren, fr. Gr. Parqeno`ph.]
1.
(Gr. Myth.)
One of the Sirens, who threw herself into the sea, in despair at not being able to beguile Ulysses by her songs.

2.
One of the asteroids between Mars and Jupiter, discovered by M. de Gasparis in 1850.


word: Parthian
definition:
Parthian

Par"thi*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to ancient Parthia, in Asia.
n. A native of Parthia.

Parthian arrow, an arrow discharged at an enemy when retreating from him, as was the custom of the ancient Parthians; hence, a parting shot.


word: partial
definition:
partial

par"tial
(pär"shal)
a.
[F., fr. LL. partials, fr. L. pars, gen. partis, a part; cf. (for sense 1) F. partiel. See Part, n.]
1.
Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon.
Partial
T. Burnet.

2.
Inclined to favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; biased; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial.

Ye have been partial in the law.
Mal. ii. 9.

3.
Having a predilection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond.
partial
Pope.

Not partial to an ostentatious display.
Sir W. Scott.

4.
(Bot.)
Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole.

Partial differentials, Partial differential coefficients, Partial differentiation, etc. (of a function of two or more variables), the differentials, differential coefficients, differentiation etc., of the function, upon the hypothesis that some of the variables are for the time constant. -- Partial fractions (Alg.), fractions whose sum equals a given fraction. -- Partial tones (Music), the simple tones which in combination form an ordinary tone; the overtones, or harmonics, which, blending with a fundamental tone, cause its special quality of sound, or timbre, or tone color. See, also, Tone.


word: Partialist
definition:
Partialist

Par"tial*ist
n.
1.
One who is partial.
[R.]

2.
(Theol.)
One who holds that the atonement was made only for a part of mankind, that is, for the elect.


word: Partiality
definition:
Partiality

Par`ti*al"i*ty
(?; 277)
n.
[Cf. F. partialité.]
1.
The quality or state of being partial; inclination to favor one party, or one side of a question, more than the other; undue bias of mind.

2.
A predilection or inclination to one thing rather than to others; special taste or liking; as, a partiality for poetry or painting.
Roget.


word: Partially
definition:
Partially

Par"tial*ly
adv.
1.
In part; not totally; as, partially true; the sun partially eclipsed.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
In a partial manner; with undue bias of mind; with unjust favor or dislike; as, to judge partially.
Shak.


word: Partibility
definition:
Partibility

Part`i*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[From Partible.]
The quality or state of being partible; divisibility; separability; as, the partibility of an inherttance.


word: Partible
definition:
Partible

Part"i*ble
(?)
a.
[L. partibilis, fr. partire to part, divide, fr. L. pars: cf. F. partible. See Part.]
Admitting of being parted; divisible; separable; susceptible of severance or partition; as, an estate of inheritance may be partible.
partible
Bacon.


word: Participant
definition:
Participant

Par*tic"i*pant
(?)
a.
[L. participans, p. pr. of participare: cf. F. participant. See Participate.]
Sharing; participating; having a share or part.
Bacon.


word: Participant₂
definition:
Participant

Par*tic"i*pant
n.
A participator; a partaker.

Participants in their . . . mysterious rites.
Bp. Warburton.


word: Participate
definition:
Participate

Par*tic"i*pate
(?)
a.
[L. participatus, p. p. of participare to participate; pars, partis, part + capere to take. See Part, and Capacious.]
Acting in common; participating.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Participate₂
definition:
Participate

Par*tic"i*pate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Participated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Participating.]
To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to play a role; to partake; -- followed by in, formerly by of; as, to participate in a debate; to participate in a discussion.
Shak.

So would he participate of their wants.
Hayward.

Mine may come when men
With angels may participate.
Milton.


word: Participate₃
definition:
Participate

Par*tic"i*pate
v. t.
1.
To partake of; to share in; to receive a part of.
[R.]

Fit to participate all rational delight.
Milton.

2.
To impart, or give, or share of.
[Obs.]
Drayton.


word: participating
definition:
participating

participating
adj.
Taking part in an activity; as, the participating organizations.

Syn. -- active.


word: Participation
definition:
Participation

Par*tic`i*pa"tion
(?)
n.
[F. participation, L. participatio.]
1.
The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows.

These deities are so by participation.
Bp. Stillingfleet.

What an honor, that God should admit us into such a blessed participation of himself!
Atterbury.

2.
Distribution; division into shares.
[Obs.]
Raleigh.

3.
Community; fellowship; association.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Participative
definition:
Participative

Par*tic"i*pa*tive
(pär*tĭs"ĭ*pa̝*tĭv)
a.
[Cf. F. participatif.]
Capable of participating.


word: Participator
definition:
Participator

Par*tic"i*pa`tor
(pär*tĭs"ĭ*pā`tẽr)
n.
[L.]
One who participates, or shares with another; a partaker.


word: participatory
definition:
participatory

par*tic"i*pa*tor`y
(pär*tĭs"ĭ*pŭ*tôr`&ybreve_;)
adj.
Affording the opportunity for individual participation; as, participatory democracy.


word: Participial
definition:
Participial

Par`ti*cip"i*al
(?)
a.
[L. participialis: cf. E. participal. See Participle.]
Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a participle; formed from a participle; as, a participial noun.
Lowth.


word: Participialize
definition:
Participialize

Par`ti*cip"i*al*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Participialized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Participializing.]
To form into, or put in the form of, a participle.
[R.]


word: Participle
definition:
Participle

Par"ti*ci*ple
(?)
n.
[F. participe, L. participium, fr. particeps sharing, participant; pars, gen. partis, a part + capere to take. See Participate.]
1.
(Gram.)
A part of speech partaking of the nature of both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles.

By a participle, [I understand] a verb in an adjectival aspect.
Earle.

&hand_; Present participles, called also imperfect, or incomplete, participles, end in -ing.  Past participles, called also perfect, or complete, participles, for the most part end in -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n.  A participle when used merely as an attribute of a noun, without reference to time, is called an adjective, or a participial adjective; as, a written constitution; a rolling stone; the exhausted army.  The verbal noun in -ing has the form of the present participle. See Verbal noun, under Verbal, a.

2.
Anything that partakes of the nature of different things.
[Obs.]

The participles or confines between plants and living creatures.
Bacon.


word: Particle
definition:
Particle

Par"ti*cle
(?)
n.
[L. particula, dim. of pars, gen partis, a part: cf. F. particule. See Part, and cf. Parcel.]
1.
A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust.

The small size of atoms which unite
To make the smallest particle of light.
Blackmore.

2.
Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue.

The houses had not given their commissioners authority in the least particle to recede.
Clarendon.

3.
(R. C. Ch.)
(a)
A crumb or little piece of consecrated host.
(b)
The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.
Bp. Fitzpatrick.

4.
(Gram.)
A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely.

4.
(Physics)
An elementary particle.


word: Particle accelerator
definition:
Particle accelerator

Par"ti*cle ac*cel"er*a*tor
(?)
n.
(Physics)
A large and expensive scientific instrument used by physicists to accelerate elementary particles (such as protons or electrons) to speeds near that of light, for the purpose of investigating the fundamental properties of matter; sometimes also called an atom smasher, since the particles thus accelerated are often directed at targets of atoms which are fragmented by the impact into their more fundamental component particles.
The particles generated by impact of a beam in an accelerator on its target are detected by various types of detecting apparatus, and procedures are required to sort and identify the many particles created.  The fundamental particles generated by impacts in a particle accelerator are often those not actually present inside atoms; and in certain types of particle accelerator, such as the colliding beam accelerator, the impact which generates energetic particles is with other fundamental particles, and not with atoms.


word: Particle physics
definition:
Particle physics

Par"ti*cle phys`ics
(?)
n.
That branch of physics which investigates the nature of matter, and in particular the properties and behavior of the elementary particles (fundamental particles), of which matter is composed.  Included in this field is the more specialized branch of high-energy physics.


word: parti-colored
definition:
parti-colored

par"ti-col`ored
a.
Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.  Same as Party-colored.
[Also spelled parti-coloured.]

Syn. -- motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured.


word: Particular
definition:
Particular

Par*tic"u*lar
(?)
a.
[OE. particuler, F. particulier, L. particularis. See Particle.]
1.
Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation.
Shak.

[Make] each particular hair to stand an end,
Like quills upon the fretful porpentine.
Shak.

Seken in every halk and every herne
Particular sciences for to lerne.
Chaucer.

2.
Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular.
particular
Shak.

Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth.
Bacon.

3.
Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party.

4.
Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man particular in his dress.

5.
(Law)
(a)
Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
(b)
Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
Blackstone.

6.
(Logic)
Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to universal: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise.

Particular average. See under Average. -- Particular Baptist, one of a branch of the Baptist denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a particular or individual election and reprobation. -- Particular lien (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, that particular thing. -- Particular redemption, the doctrine that the purpose, act, and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited number of the human race. See Calvinism.


word: Particular₂
definition:
Particular

Par*tic"u*lar
(?)
n.
1.
A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or item, which may be considered separately; as, the particulars of a story.

Particulars which it is not lawful for me to reveal.
Bacon.

It is the greatest interest of particulars to advance the good of the community.
L'Estrange.

2.
Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character; individuality; interest, etc.
[Obs.]

For his particular I'll receive him gladly.
Shak.

If the particulars of each person be considered.
Milton.

Temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public . . . or such as concern our particular.
Whole Duty of Man.

3.
(Law)
One of the details or items of grounds of claim; -- usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute account; as, a particular of premises.

The reader has a particular of the books wherein this law was written.
Ayliffe.

Bill of particulars. See under Bill. -- In particular, specially; specifically; peculiarly; particularly; especially. “This, in particular, happens to the lungs.” Blackmore. -- To go into particulars, to relate or describe in detail or minutely.


word: particularized
definition:
particularized

particularised

particularised particularized
adj.
Stated or described in detail.

Syn. -- circumstantial, detailed.


word: Particularism
definition:
Particularism

Par*tic"u*lar*ism
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. particularisme.]
1.
A minute description; a detailed statement.
[R.]

2.
(Theol.)
The doctrine of particular election.

3.
(German Politics)
Devotion to the interests of one's own kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire.


word: Particularist
definition:
Particularist

Par*tic"u*lar*ist
n.
[Cf. F. particulariste.]
One who holds to particularism.
Par*tic`u*lar*is"tic, a.


word: Particularity
definition:
Particularity

Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Particularities (#).
[Cf. F. particularité.]
1.
The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail.

2.
That which is particular
(a)
Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity.
particularity
Addison.
(b)
Special circumstance; minute detail; particular.
particularities
Sir P. Sidney.
(c)
Something of special or private concern or interest.

Let the general trumpet blow his blast,
Particularities and petty sounds
To cease!
Shak.


word: Particularize
definition:
Particularize

Par*tic"u*lar*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Particularized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Particularizing (?).]
[Cf. F. particulariser.]
To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail.
[Also spelled particularise.]

He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, but particularizes his descent from Benjamin.
Atterbury.


word: Particularize₂
definition:
Particularize

Par*tic"u*lar*ize
v. i.
To mention or attend to particulars; to give minute details; to be circumstantial; as, to particularize in a narrative.


word: Particularly
definition:
Particularly

Par*tic"u*lar*ly
adv.
1.
In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific reference or interest; in particular; distinctly.

2.
In an especial manner; especially; in a high degree; as, a particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure.

The exact propriety of Virgil I particularly regarded as a great part of his character.
Dryden.


word: Particulate
definition:
Particulate

Par*tic"u*late
(pär*tĭk"&uuptack_;*lāt)
v. t. & i.
[See Particle.]
To particularize.
[Obs.]


word: Particulate₂
definition:
Particulate

Par*tic"u*late
(pär*tĭk"&uuptack_;*la̝t)
a.
1.
Having the form of a particle.

2.
Referring to, or produced by, particles, such as dust, minute germs, etc.
[R.]

The smallpox is a particulate disease.
Tyndall.

3.
Composed of particles; finely divided.


word: particulate
definition:
particulate

par*tic"u*late
(pär*tĭk"&uuptack_;*la̝t)
n.
Matter composed of particles; -- often used in the pl.; as, the quantity of particulates in auto exhaust is strictly regulated.


word: Parting
definition:
Parting

Par"ting
(pärt"ĭng)
a.
[From Part, v.]
1.
Serving to part; dividing; separating.

2.
Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute.
parting
Shak.

3.
Departing.
parting
Pope.

4.
Admitting of being parted; partible.

Parting fellow, a partner. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Parting pulley. See under Pulley. -- Parting sand (Founding), dry, nonadhesive sand, sprinkled upon the partings of a mold to facilitate the separation. -- Parting strip (Arch.), in a sash window, one of the thin strips of wood let into the pulley stile to keep the sashes apart; also, the thin piece inserted in the window box to separate the weights. -- Parting tool (Mach.), a thin tool, used in turning or planing, for cutting a piece in two.


word: Parting₂
definition:
Parting

Par"ting
(pärt"ĭng)
n.
1.
The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
parting
Ezek. xxi. 21.

2.
A separation; a leave-taking.
Shak.

And there were sudden partings, such as press
The life from out young hearts.
Byron.

3.
A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.

4.
(Founding)
The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section.

5.
(Chem.)
The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.

6.
(Geol.)
A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.

7.
(Naut.)
The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.

8.
(Min.)
Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellæ.


word: Partisan
definition:
Partisan

Par"ti*san
(pär"tĭ*zan)
n.
[F., fr. It. partigiano. See Party, and cf. Partisan a truncheon.]
[Written also partizan.]
1.
An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest.
partisan
Macaulay.

Both sides had their partisans in the colony.
Jefferson.

2.
(Mil.)
(a)
The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
(b)
Any member of such a corps.


word: Partisan₂
definition:
Partisan

Par"ti*san
a.
[Written also partizan.]
1.
Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.

2.
(Mil.)
Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps.

Partisan ranger (Mil.), a member of a partisan corps.


word: Partisan₃
definition:
Partisan

Par"ti*san
n.
[F. pertuisane, prob. fr. It. partigiana, influenced in French by OF. pertuisier to pierce. It was prob. so named as the weapon of some partisans, or party men.  Cf. Partisan one of a corps of light troops.]
A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.

And make him with our pikes and partisans a grave.
Shak.


word: Partisanship
definition:
Partisanship

Par"ti*san*ship
n.
The state of being a partisan, or adherent to a party; feelings or conduct characteristic of a partisan.


word: Partite
definition:
Partite

Par"tite
(?)
a.
[L. partitus, p. p. of partire to part, divide, from pars. See Part, and cf. Party, a.]
1.
(Bot.)
Divided nearly to the base; as, a partite leaf is a simple separated down nearly to the base.

2.
Consisting of parts; usually used in compounds specifying the number of parts; as, a tripartite treaty.


word: Partition
definition:
Partition

Par*ti"tion
(?)
n.
[F. partition, L. partitio. See Part, v.]
1.
The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.

And good from bad find no partition.
Shak.

2.
That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; separating boundary; dividing line or space; specifically, an interior wall dividing one part or apartment of a house, a compartment of a room, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions; cubicles with four-foot high partitions.

No sight could pass
Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass.
Dryden.

3.
A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
[R.]
partition
Milton.

4.
(Law.)
The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate.  It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.

5.
(Mus.)
A score.

Partition of numbers (Math.), the resolution of integers into parts subject to given conditions. Brande & C.


word: Partition₂
definition:
Partition

Par*ti"tion
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Partitioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Partitioning.]
1.
To divide into parts or shares; to divide and distribute; as, to partition an estate among various heirs.

2.
To divide into distinct parts by lines, walls, etc.; as, to partition a house.

Uniform without, though severally partitioned within.
Bacon.


word: partitioning
definition:
partitioning

partitioning
n.
An analysis into mutually exclusive categories.

Syn. -- breakdown.

2.
Separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart.

Syn. -- division, partition, segmentation, subdivision.


word: Partitive
definition:
Partitive

Par"ti*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. partitif.]
(Gram.)
Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.


word: Partitive₂
definition:
Partitive

Par"ti*tive
n.
(Gram.)
A word or phrase expressing partition, or denoting a part; as, the phrase “of the team” in “half of the team”.


word: Partlet
definition:
Partlet

Part"let
(?)
n.
[Dim. of part.]
1.
A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but later by women alone; a ruff.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

2.
A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.
Partlett
Shak.


word: Partner
definition:
Partner

Part"ner
(pärt"nẽr)
n.
[For parcener, influenced by part.]
1.
One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer.
Partner
Shak.
Hence:
(a)
A husband or a wife.
(b)
Either one of a couple who dance together.
(c)
One who shares as a member of a partnership in the management, or in the gains and losses, of a business.

My other self, the partner of my life.
Milton.

2.
(Law)
An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership. See Partnership.

3.
pl.
(Naut.)
A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like.

Dormant partner, or Silent partner. See under Dormant, a.


word: Partnership
definition:
Partnership

Part"ner*ship
n.
1.
The state or condition of being a partner; as, to be in partnership with another; to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state.

2.
A division or sharing among partners; joint possession or interest.

Rome, that ne'er knew three lordly heads before,
First fell by fatal partnership of power.
Rowe.

He does possession keep,
And is too wise to hazard partnership.
Dryden.

3.
An alliance or association of persons for the prosecution of an undertaking or a business on joint account; a company; a firm; a house; as, to form a partnership.

4.
(Law)
A contract between two or more competent persons for joining together their money, goods, labor, and skill, or any or all of them, under an understanding that there shall be a communion of profit between them, and for the purpose of carrying on a legal trade, business, or adventure.
Kent. Story.

&hand_; Community of profit is absolutely essential to, though not necessarily the test of, a partnership.

5.
(Arith.)
See Fellowship, n., 6.

Limited partnership, a form of partnership in which the firm consists of one or more general partners, jointly and severally responsible as ordinary partners, and one or more special partners, who are not liable for the debts of the partnership beyond the amount of cash they contribute as capital. -- Partnership in commendam, the title given to the limited partnership (F. société en commandité) of the French law, introduced into the code of Louisiana. Burrill. -- Silent partnership, the relation of partnership sustained by a person who furnishes capital only.


word: Partridge
definition:
Partridge

Par"tridge
(pär"trĭj)
n.
[OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. pe`rdix.]
(Zool.)
1.
Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidæ, of the Old World.  The partridge is noted as a game bird.

Full many a fat partrich had he in mew.
Chaucer.

&hand_; The common European, or gray, partridge (Perdix cinerea) and the red-legged partridge (Caccabis rubra) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species.

2.
Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to Colinus, and allied genera.
[U.S.]

&hand_; Among them are the bobwhite (Colinus Virginianus) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge (Oreortyx pictus) of California; the Massena partridge (Cyrtonyx Montezumæ); and the California partridge (Callipepla Californica).

3.
The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus).
[New Eng.]

Bamboo partridge (Zool.), a spurred partridge of the genus Bambusicola.  Several species are found in China and the East Indies. -- Night partridge (Zool.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] -- Painted partridge (Zool.), a francolin of South Africa (Francolinus pictus). -- Partridge berry. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant (Mitchella repens) of the order Rubiaceæ, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens); also, the plant itself. -- Partridge dove (Zool.) Same as Mountain witch, under Mountain. -- Partridge pea (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb (Cassia Chamæcrista), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. -- Partridge shell (Zool.), a large marine univalve shell (Dolium perdix), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. -- Partridge wood (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork.  It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree Andira inermis.  Called also pheasant wood. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. -- Sea partridge (Zool.), an Asiatic sand partridge (Ammoperdix Bonhami); -- so called from its note. -- Snow partridge (Zool.), a large spurred partridge (Lerwa nivicola) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia; called also jermoonal. -- Spruce partridge. See under Spruce. -- Wood partridge, or Hill partridge (Zool.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus Arboricola.


word: parts
definition:
parts

parts
(pärts)
n. pl.
The local environment; as, he hasn't been seen around these parts in years.


word: part-time
definition:
part-time

part-time
adj.
1.
Occupying less than the entire time appropriate to an activity; as, a part-time job.  Opposed to full-time.

2.
Employed for less than the full time usually expended at a task or occupation; as, part-time employees; a part-time teacher.  Opposed to full-time.  Commonly, thirty-five hours per week or more is considered full-time, and less than 30 is part-time work.


word: part-time₂
definition:
part-time

part-time
adv.
For less than the usual full time appropriate to an activity; on a part-time basis; as, to sell real estate part-time.  Opposed to full-time.


word: part-time₃
definition:
part-time

part-time
n.
A working schedule occupying less than full time, i.e. less than 35 hours per week.

Syn. -- part time.


word: part-timer
definition:
part-timer

part-timer
n.
Somone who works part-time; a part-time employee.  Contrasted with full-timer.


word: Parturient
definition:
Parturient

Par*tu"ri*ent
(?)
a.
[L. parturiens, p. pr. of parturire to desire to bring forth, fr. parere, partum, to bring forth. See Parent.]
Bringing forth, or about to bring forth, young; fruitful.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Parturifacient
definition:
Parturifacient

Par*tu`ri*fa"cient
(?)
n.
[L. parturire to desire to bring forth + facere to make.]
(Med.)
A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing.
Dunglison.


word: Parturition
definition:
Parturition

Par`tu*ri"tion
(?)
n.
[L. parturitio, fr. parturire: cf. F. parturition. See Parturient.]
1.
The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth.

2.
That which is brought forth; a birth.
[Obs.]


word: Party
definition:
Party

Par"ty
(pär"t&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Parties (pär"tĭz).
[F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See Part, v.]
1.
A part or portion.
[Obs.]
party
Chaucer.

2.
A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy.

Win the noble Brutus to our party.
Shak.

The peace both parties want is like to last.
Dryden.

3.
A part of a larger body of company; a detachment;
especially
(Mil.)
a small body of troops dispatched on special service.

4.
A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party.

5.
One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract.

6.
The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.

The cause of both parties shall come before the judges.
Ex. xxii. 9.

7.
Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.

If the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony.
Sir J. Davies.

8.
Cause; side; interest.

Have you nothing said
Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany?
Shak.

9.
A person; as, he is a queer party.
[Now accounted a vulgarism.]

“For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession.”
Fitzed. Hall.

Party jury (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners. -- Party man, a partisan. Swift. -- Party spirit, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men. Whately. -- Party verdict, a joint verdict. Shak. -- Party wall. (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property. (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row.


word: Party₂
definition:
Party

Par"ty
a.
[F. parti divided, fr. partir to divide. See Part, v., and cf. Partite.]
1.
(Her.)
Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.

2.
Partial; favoring one party; partisan.

I will be true judge, and not party.
Chaucer.

Charter party. See under Charter.


word: Parti-colored
definition:
Parti-colored

Party-colored

{ Par"ty-col`ored, Par"ti-col`ored  }
(?)
a.
Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored flower.
Parti-colored
Shak.


word: partygoer
definition:
partygoer

par"ty*go`er
n.
Someone who is attending a party{4}; as, the hall was crowded with an overflow of partygoers.


word: Parumbilical
definition:
Parumbilical

Par`um*bil"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Pref. para- + umbilical.]
(Anat.)
Near the umbilicus; -- applied especially to one or more small veins which, in man, connect the portal vein with the epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen.


word: Parure
definition:
Parure

Pa`rure"
(?)
n.
[F., OF. pareure, LL. paraura, fr. L. parare to prepare. See Pare.]
An ornament or decoration for the person; esp., a decoration consisting of a set of ornaments to be used together; as, a parure of rubies or of embroideries.


word: Parusia
definition:
Parusia

Pa*ru"si*a
(pȧ*r&usuml_;"zhĭ*ȧ)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. paroysi`a presence, fr. parei^nai to be present; para` beside + e'i^nai to be.]
(Rhet.)
A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past, or in the prediction of future, events.


word: Parvanimity
definition:
Parvanimity

Par`va*nim"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. parvus little + animus mind.]
The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness; -- opposed to magnanimity.
De Quincey.


word: Parvati
definition:
Parvati

Parvati
prop. n.
(Hinduism)
The wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi; the goddess of plenty.

Syn. -- Anapurna, Annapurna.


word: Parvenu
definition:
Parvenu

Par"ve*nu`
(?)
n.
[F., prop. p. p. of parvenir to attain to, to succeed, to rise to high station, L. pervenire to come to; per through + venire to come. See Par, prep., and Come.]
An upstart; a man newly risen into notice.


word: Parvise
definition:
Parvise

Parvis

{ Par"vis, Par"vise  }
(?)
n.
[F. parvis, fr. LL. paravisus, fr. L. paradisus. See Paradise.]
A court of entrance to, or an inclosed space before, a church; hence, a church porch; -- sometimes formerly used as place of meeting, as for lawyers.
Chaucer.


word: Parvity
definition:
Parvity

Parvitude

{ Par"vi*tude (?), Par"vi*ty (?), }
n.
[L. parvitas, fr. parvus little: cf. OF. parvité.]
Littleness.
[Obs.]
Glanvill. Ray.


word: Parvolin
definition:
Parvolin

Par"vo*lin
(?)
n.
(Physiol. Chem.)
A nonoxygenous ptomaine, formed in the putrefaction of albuminous matters, especially of horseflesh and mackerel.


word: Parvoline
definition:
Parvoline

Par"vo*line
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A liquid base, C9H13N, of the pyridine group, found in coal tar; also, any one of the series of isomeric substances of which it is the type.


word: Pas
definition:
Pas

Pas
(?)
n.
[F. See Pace.]
1.
A pace; a step, as in a dance.
Chaucer.

2.
Right of going foremost; precedence.
Arbuthnot.


word: Pascha
definition:
Pascha

Pasch

{ Pasch (?), &VerbarPas"cha (?), }
n.
[AS. pascha, L. pascha, Gr. _;, fr. Heb. pesach, fr. pāsach to pass over: cf. OF. pasque, F. pâque.  Cf. Paschal, Paas, Paque.]
The passover; the feast of Easter.

Pasch egg. See Easter egg, under Easter. -- Pasch flower. See Pasque flower, under Pasque.


word: Paschal
definition:
Paschal

Pas"chal
(păs"kal)
a.
[L. paschalis: cf. F. pascal. See Pasch.]
Of or pertaining to the passover, or to Easter; as, a paschal lamb; paschal eggs.
Longfellow.

Paschal candle (R. C. Ch.), a large wax candle, blessed and placed on the altar on Holy Saturday, or the day before Easter. -- Paschal flower. See Pasque flower, under Pasque.


word: Pash
definition:
Pash

Pash
(?)
v. t.
[Prob. of imitative origin, or possibly akin to box to fight with the fists.]
To strike; to crush; to smash; to dash in pieces.
[Obs.]
P. Plowman.
pash
Shak.


word: Pash₂
definition:
Pash

Pash
n.
[Scot., the pate.  Cf. Pash, v. t.]
1.
The head; the poll.
[R.]
pash
Shak.

2.
A crushing blow.
[Obs.]

3.
A heavy fall of rain or snow.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Pasha
definition:
Pasha

Pa*sha"
(?)
n.
[Turk. pāshā, bāshā; cf. Per. bāshā, bādshāh; perh. a corruption of Per. pādishāh.  Cf. Bashaw, Padishah, Shah.]
An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw.
[Written also pacha.]

&hand_; There are three classes of pashas, whose rank is distinguished by the number of the horsetails borne on their standards, being one, two, or three, a pasha of three tails being the highest.


word: Pasigraphical
definition:
Pasigraphical

Pasigraphic

{ Pas`i*graph"ic (?), Pas`i*graph"ic*al (?) }
a.
Of or pertaining to pasigraphy.


word: Pasigraphy
definition:
Pasigraphy

Pa*sig"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; for all (dat. pl. of _; all) + -graphy.]
A system of universal writing, or a manner of writing that may be understood and used by all nations.
Good.


word: Pasilaly
definition:
Pasilaly

Pas"i*la`ly
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; for all (dat. pl. of _; all) + _; talking.]
A form of speech adapted to be used by all mankind; universal language.


word: Paspy
definition:
Paspy

Pas"py
(?)
n.
[F. passe-pied.]
A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and for some time after; -- called also passing measure, and passymeasure.
Percy Smith.


word: Pasque
definition:
Pasque

Pasque
(?)
n.
[OF. pasque.]
See Pasch.

Pasque flower (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Anemone, section Pulsatilla. They are perennial herbs with rather large purplish blossoms, which appear in early spring, or about Easter, whence the common name. Called also campana.


word: Pasquin
definition:
Pasquin

Pas"quin
(?)
n.
[It. pasquino a mutilated statue at Rome, set up against the wall of the place of the Orsini; -- so called from a witty cobbler or tailor, near whose shop the statue was dug up. On this statue it was customary to paste satiric papers.]
A lampooner; also, a lampoon. See Pasquinade.

The Grecian wits, who satire first began,
Were pleasant pasquins on the life of man.
Dryden.


word: Pasquin₂
definition:
Pasquin

Pas"quin
v. t.
To lampoon; to satiraze.
[R.]

To see himself pasquined and affronted.
Dryden.


word: Pasquinade
definition:
Pasquinade

Pas`quin*ade"
(?)
n.
[F. pasquinade, It. pasquinata.]
A lampoon or satirical writing.
Macaulay.


word: Pass
definition:
Pass

Pass
(pȧs, păs)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Passed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Passing.]
[F. passer, LL. passare, fr. L. passus step, or from pandere, passum, to spread out, lay open. See Pace.]
1.
To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc.
pass
pass
Chaucer.

On high behests his angels to and fro
Passed frequent.
Milton.

Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths,
And from their bodies passed.
Coleridge.

2.
To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands.

Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass from just to unjust.
Sir W. Temple.

3.
To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart; specifically, to depart from life; to die.

Disturb him not, let him pass paceably.
Shak.

Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass.
Dryden.

The passing of the sweetest soul
That ever looked with human eyes.
Tennyson.

4.
To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession; to be present transitorily.

So death passed upon all men.
Rom. v. 12.

Our own consciousness of what passes within our own mind.
I. Watts.

5.
To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly.

Now the time is far passed.
Mark vi. 35

6.
To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate; to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation.
pass
Shak.

False eloquence passeth only where true is not understood.
Felton.

This will not pass for a fault in him.
Atterbury.

7.
To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress.

8.
To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.

9.
To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along.
pass
Shak.

10.
To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass.

11.
To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.
[Obs.]
passes
Shak.

12.
To take heed; to care.
[Obs.]

As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not.
Shak.

13.
To go through the intestines.
Arbuthnot.

14.
(Law)
To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed.
Mozley & W.

15.
(Fencing)
To make a lunge or pass; to thrust.

16.
(Card Playing)
To decline to play in one's turn; in euchre, to decline to make the trump.

She would not play, yet must not pass.
Prior.

To bring to pass, To come to pass. See under Bring, and Come. -- To pass away, to disappear; to die; to vanish. “The heavens shall pass away.” 2 Pet. iii. 10. “I thought to pass away before, but yet alive I am.” Tennyson. -- To pass by, to go near and beyond a certain person or place; as, he passed by as we stood there. -- To pass into, to change by a gradual transmission; to blend or unite with. -- To pass on, to proceed. -- To pass on or To pass upon. (a) To happen to; to come upon; to affect. “So death passed upon all men.” Rom. v. 12. “Provided no indirect act pass upon our prayers to define them.” Jer. Taylor. (b) To determine concerning; to give judgment or sentence upon. “We may not pass upon his life.” Shak. -- To pass off, to go away; to cease; to disappear; as, an agitation passes off. -- To pass over, to go from one side or end to the other; to cross, as a river, road, or bridge.


word: Pass₂
definition:
Pass

Pass
(?)
v. t.
1.
(a)
To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc.
(b)
To go from one limit to the other of; to spend; to live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
pass
Milton.

She loved me for the dangers I had passed.
Shak.

Please you that I may pass This doing.
Shak.

I pass their warlike pomp, their proud array.
Dryden.

And strive to pass . . . 
Their native music by her skillful art.
Spenser.

Whose tender power
Passes the strength of storms in their most desolate hour.
Byron.

2.
(a)
To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand.

I had only time to pass my eye over the medals.
Addison.

Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot by Newbridge.
Clarendon.

Father, thy word is passed.
Milton.

3.
To emit from the bowels; to evacuate.

4.
(Naut.)
To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.

5.
(Fencing)
To make, as a thrust, punto, etc.
Shak.

Passed midshipman. See under Midshipman. -- To pass a dividend, to omit the declaration and payment of a dividend at the time when due. -- To pass away, to spend; to waste. “Lest she pass away the flower of her age.” Ecclus. xlii. 9. -- To pass by. (a) To disregard; to neglect. (b) To excuse; to spare; to overlook. -- To pass off, to impose fraudulently; to palm off. “Passed himself off as a bishop.” Macaulay. -- To pass (something) on (some one) or To pass (something) upon (some one), to put upon as a trick or cheat; to palm off. “She passed the child on her husband for a boy.” Dryden. -- To pass over, to overlook; not to note or resent; as, to pass over an affront.


word: Pass₃
definition:
Pass

Pass
n.
[Cf. F. pas (for sense 1), and passe, fr. passer to pass. See Pass, v. i.]
1.
An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain pass.

“Try not the pass!” the old man said.
Longfellow.

2.
(Fencing)
A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
Shak.

3.
A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist.

4.
(Rolling Metals)
A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls.

5.
State of things; condition; predicament.

Have his daughters brought him to this pass.
Shak.

Matters have been brought to this pass.
South.

6.
Permission or license to pass, or to go and come; a psssport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a railroad or theater pass; a military pass.

A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy.
Kent.

7.
Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit.
Shak.

8.
Estimation; character.
[Obs.]

Common speech gives him a worthy pass.
Shak.

9.
[Cf. Passus.]
A part; a division.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

10.
(Sports)
In football, hockey, and other team sports, a transfer of the ball, puck, etc., to another player of one's own team, usually at some distance.  In American football, the pass is through the air by an act of throwing the ball.

Pass boat (Naut.), a punt, or similar boat. -- Pass book. (a) A book in which a trader enters articles bought on credit, and then passes or sends it to the purchaser. (b) See Bank book. -- Pass box (Mil.), a wooden or metallic box, used to carry cartridges from the service magazine to the piece. -- Pass check, a ticket of admission to a place of entertainment, or of readmission for one who goes away in expectation of returning.


word: Passable
definition:
Passable

Pass"a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. passable.]
1.
Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats.

His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel.
Shak.

2.
Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current.

With men as with false money -- one piece is more or less passable than another.
L'Estrange.

Could they have made this slander passable.
Collier.

3.
Such as may be accepted or allowed to pass without serious objection; adequate; acceptable; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre.

My version will appear a passable beauty when the original muse is absent.
Dryden.


word: Passacaglio
definition:
Passacaglio

Passacaglia

{ &VerbarPas`sa*ca*glia (?), &VerbarPas`sa*ca*glio (?), }
n.
[Sp. pasacalle a certain tune on the guitar, prop., a tune played in passing through the streets.]
(Mus.)
An old Italian or Spanish dance tune, in slow three-four measure, with divisions on a ground bass, resembling a chaconne.


word: Passado
definition:
Passado

Passade

{ Pas*sade" (?), Pas*sa"do (?), }
n.
[F. passade; cf. Sp. pasada. See Pass, v. i.]
1.
(Fencing)
A pass or thrust.
Shak.

2.
(Man.)
A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground.


word: Passage
definition:
Passage

Pas"sage
(?)
n.
[F. passage. See Pass, v. i.]
1.
The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body.

What! are my doors opposed against my passage!
Shak.

2.
Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance.

The ship in which he had taken passage.
Macaulay.

3.
Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage.

4.
Removal from life; decease; departure; death.
[R.]
passage
Milton.

When he is fit and season'd for his passage.
Shak.

5.
Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor.

And with his pointed dart
Explores the nearest passage to his heart.
Dryden.

The Persian army had advanced into the . . . passages of Cilicia.
South.

6.
A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time.

The conduct and passage of affairs.
Sir J. Davies.

The passage and whole carriage of this action.
Shak.

7.
A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed.
passages
Shak.

The . . . almost incredible passage of their unbelief.
South.

8.
A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause.

How commentators each dark passage shun.
Young.

9.
Reception; currency.
[Obs.]
Sir K. Digby.

10.
A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.

No passages of love
Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore.
Tennyson.

11.
A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.

12.
In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
passage
D. Hosack.

The final question was then put upon its passage.
Cushing.

In passage, in passing; cursorily. “These . . . have been studied but in passage.” Bacon. -- Middle passage, Northeast passage, Northwest passage. See under Middle, Northeast, etc. -- Of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. “Birds of passage.” Longfellow.  -- Passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration. -- Passage money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, -- usually for carrying passengers by water.


word: Passager
definition:
Passager

Pas"sa*ger
(?)
n.
[See Passenger.]
A passenger; a bird or boat of passage.
[Obs.]
Ld. Berners.


word: Passant
definition:
Passant

Pas"sant
(?)
a.
[F., p. pr. of passer. See Pass, v. i.]
1.
Passing from one to another; in circulation; current.
[Obs.]

Many opinions are passant.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
Curs_;ry, careless.
[Obs.]

On a passant rewiew of what I wrote to the bishop.
Sir P. Pett.

3.
Surpassing; excelling.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

4.
(Her.)
Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw raised.


word: Passee
definition:
Passee

Passe

passe

{ pas*se", &VerbarPas`sé", masc. &VerbarPas`sé"e, fem. }
(pă*sa̝)
a.
[F.]
Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passée belle.
Ld. Lytton.

2.
Same as old-fashioned, a., 2.

Syn. -- antique, demode, old-fashioned, old-hat(predicate), outmoded, out-of-date, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe.

3.
Past; -- used appositively; as, time passe.


word: Passegarde
definition:
Passegarde

Passe"garde`
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Anc. Armor)
A ridge or projecting edge on a shoulder piece to turn the blow of a lance or other weapon from the joint of the armor.


word: Passementerie
definition:
Passementerie

Passe*men"terie
(E. pȧs*mĕn"trĭ; F. pä`s'mäN`t're̝")
n.
[F.]
Trimmings, esp. of braids, cords, gimps, beads, or tinsel.


word: passenger
definition:
passenger

pas"sen*ger
(păs"sĕn*jẽr)
n.
[OE. & F. passager. See Passage, and cf. Messenger.]
1.
A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer.
Shak.

2.
A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, railroad train, etc.

Passenger falcon (Zool.), a migratory hawk. Ainsworth.


word: Passenger mile
definition:
Passenger mile

Pas"sen*ger mile
(Railroads)
A unit of measurement of the passenger transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the miles traversed by all the passengers on the road in the period in question.


word: Passenger mileage
definition:
Passenger mileage

Passenger mileage
(Railroads)
Passenger miles collectively; the total number of miles traveled by passengers on a railroad during a given period.


word: passenger pigeon
definition:
passenger pigeon

passenger pigeon
(Zool.)
A once common wild pigeon of North America (Ectopistes migratorius), now extinct.  It was so called on account of its extensive migrations.

&hand_;   The passenger pigeon presents a striking example of how dramatic a negative influence man can have on other species.  The population of the passenger pigeon is estimated to have been at one time as high as five billion in North America, but over a period of about one hundred years large scale hunting for use as food and killing for “sport” reduced the numbers below that necessary to sustain existence of the species.  At one time over 200,000 birds were shipped to the food markets in one day.  The last wild pigeon is believed to have died in 1900, and the last bird in captivity died in 1914.  It is a rare example of the date of a man-made extinction being recorded with certainty.


word: Passe partout
definition:
Passe partout

passe-partout

passe`-par`tout", &VerbarPasse" par`tout"
(päs` pär`tō")
n.
[F., from passer to pass + partout everywhere.]
1.
That by which one can pass anywhere; a safe-conduct.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

2.
A master key; a latchkey.
[wns=1]

3.
A light picture frame or mat of cardboard, wood, or the like, usually put between the picture and the glass, and sometimes serving for several pictures.

4.
A strip of adhesive paper or gummed tape used to mount a picture between a piece of glass and a backing.
[wns=2]

5.
The method of mounting a picture between a piece of glass and a backing, using a passe-partout{4}.


word: Passer-by
definition:
Passer-by

passerby

pas`ser*by", Pass`er-by"
(?)
n.
One who passes by, especially casually or by chance; one not directly involved in some action; a passer.


word: Passeres
definition:
Passeres

Pas"se*res
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. passer a sparrow.]
(Zool.)
An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species.  It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds.


word: Passeriformes
definition:
Passeriformes

Passeriformes
prop. n.
The largest order of birds comprising about half the known species: rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; in four suborders: Eurylaimi; Tyranni; Menurae; Oscines or Passeres.

Syn. -- order Passeriformes.


word: Passerina
definition:
Passerina

Passerina
prop. n.
A genus of small North American bush-loving finches; the New World buntings.

Syn. -- genus Passerina.


word: Passerine
definition:
Passerine

Pas"ser*ine
(?)
a.
[L. passerinus, fr. passer a sparrow.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Passeres.

The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees.
Sydney Smith.


word: Passibility
definition:
Passibility

Pas`si*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. passibilitas: cf. F. passibilité.]
The quality or state of being passible; aptness to feel or suffer; sensibility.
Hakewill.


word: Passible
definition:
Passible

Pas"si*ble
(?)
a.
[L. passibilis, fr. pati, to suffer: cf. F. passible. See Passion.]
Susceptible of feeling or suffering, or of impressions from external agents.

Apolinarius, which held even deity itself passible.
Hooker.


word: Passiflora
definition:
Passiflora

Pas"si*flo"ra
(?)
n.
[NL., from L. passio passion (fr. pati, passus, to suffer) + flos, floris, flower.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order Passifloreæ, which includes about nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species.


word: Passifloraceae
definition:
Passifloraceae

Passifloraceae
prop. n.
A natural family of tropical woody tendril-climbing vines.

Syn. -- family Passifloraceae, passionflower family.


word: Passing
definition:
Passing

Pass"ing
(?)
n.
The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going by or away.

Passing bell, a tolling of a bell to announce that a soul is passing, or has passed, from its body (formerly done to invoke prayers for the dying); also, a tolling during the passing of a funeral procession to the grave, or during funeral ceremonies. Sir W. Scott. Longfellow.


word: Passing₂
definition:
Passing

Pass"ing
a.
1.
Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing.

2.
Exceeding; surpassing, eminent.
Chaucer.
passing
Shak.

Passing note (Mus.), a character including a passing tone. -- Passing tone (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the harmony.


word: Passing₃
definition:
Passing

Pass"ing
adv.
Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange.
passing
Shak.


word: Passion
definition:
Passion

Pas"sion
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. passio, fr. pati, passus, to suffer. See Patient.]
1.
A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross.
passions
Wyclif (Rom. viii. 18).

To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs.
Acts i. 3.

2.
The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to action.

A body at rest affords us no idea of any active power to move, and, when set in motion, it is rather a passion than an action in it.
Locke.

3.
Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
[R.]

Moldable and not moldable, scissible and not scissible, and many other passions of matter.
Bacon.

4.
The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath, ambition, avarice, fear, etc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should have passion as well as rhetorical skill.
passion
Macaulay.
passion
Lady M. W. Montagu.

We also are men of like passions with you.
Acts xiv. 15.

The nature of the human mind can not be sufficiently understood, without considering the affections and passions, or those modifications or actions of the mind consequent upon the apprehension of certain objects or events in which the mind generally conceives good or evil.
Hutcheson.

The term passion, and its adverb passionately, often express a very strong predilection for any pursuit, or object of taste -- a kind of enthusiastic fondness for anything.
Cogan.

The bravery of his grief did put me
Into a towering passion.
Shak.

The ruling passion, be it what it will,
The ruling passion conquers reason still.
Pope.

Who walked in every path of human life,
Felt every passion.
Akenside.

When statesmen are ruled by faction and interest, they can have no passion for the glory of their country.
Addison.

5.
Disorder of the mind; madness.
[Obs.]
Shak.

6.
Passion week. See Passion week, below.
R. of Gl.

Passion flower (Bot.), any flower or plant of the genus Passiflora; -- so named from a fancied resemblance of parts of the flower to the instruments of the crucifixion of Christ.

&hand_; The flowers are showy, and the fruit is sometimes highly esteemed (see Granadilla, and Maypop).  The roots and leaves are generally more or less noxious, and are used in medicine. The plants are mostly tendril climbers, and are commonest in the warmer parts of America, though a few species are Asiatic or Australian.

Passion music (Mus.), originally, music set to the gospel narrative of the passion of our Lord; after the Reformation, a kind of oratorio, with narrative, chorals, airs, and choruses, having for its theme the passion and crucifixion of Christ. -- Passion play, a mystery play, in which the scenes connected with the passion of our Savior are represented dramatically. -- Passion Sunday (Eccl.), the fifth Sunday in Lent, or the second before Easter. -- Passion Week, the last week but one in Lent, or the second week preceding Easter. “The name of Passion week is frequently, but improperly, applied to Holy Week.”  Shipley.


word: Passion₂
definition:
Passion

Pas"sion
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Passioned (?); p. pr & vb. n. Passioning.]
To give a passionate character to.
[R.]
Keats.


word: Passion₃
definition:
Passion

Pas"sion
v. i.
To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
[Obs.]
passions
Shak.


word: Passional
definition:
Passional

Pas"sion*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to passion or the passions; exciting, influenced by, or ministering to, the passions.
n. A passionary.


word: Passionary
definition:
Passionary

Pas"sion*a*ry
(?)
n.
[L. passionarius: cf. F. passionaire.]
A book in which are described the sufferings of saints and martyrs.
T. Warton.


word: Passionate
definition:
Passionate

Pas"sion*ate
(?)
a.
[LL. passionatus: cf. F. passionné.]
1.
Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered; as, a passionate nature.

Homer's Achilles is haughty and passionate.
Prior.

2.
Characterized by passion; expressing passion; ardent in feeling or desire; vehement; warm; as, a passionate friendship.
passionate
Shak.

3.
Suffering; sorrowful.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Passionate₂
definition:
Passionate

Pas"sion*ate
(?)
v. i.
1.
To affect with passion; to impassion.
[Obs.]

Great pleasure, mixed with pitiful regard,
The godly king and queen did passionate.
Spenser.

2.
To express feelingly or sorrowfully.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Passionately
definition:
Passionately

Pas"sion*ate*ly
(?)
adv.
1.
In a passionate manner; with strong feeling; ardently.

Sorrow expresses itself . . . loudly and passionately.
South.

2.
Angrily; irascibly.
Locke.


word: Passionist
definition:
Passionist

Pas"sion*ist
n.
(R. C. Ch.)
A member of a religious order founded in Italy in 1737, and introduced into the United States in 1852.  The members of the order unite the austerities of the Trappists with the activity and zeal of the Jesuits and Lazarists.  Called also Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross.


word: Passionless
definition:
Passionless

Pas"sion*less
(?)
a.
Void of passion; without anger or emotion; not easily excited; calm.
passionless
Tennyson.


word: Passive
definition:
Passive

Pas"sive
(?)
a.
[L. passivus: cf. F. passif. See Passion.]
1.
Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.

The passive air
Upbore their nimble tread.
Milton.

The mind is wholly passive in the reception of all its simple ideas.
Locke.

2.
Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission.

The best virtue, passive fortitude.
Massinger.

3.
(Chem.)
Inactive; inert; unreactive; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive.

4.
(Med.)
Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues.

Passive congestion (Med.), congestion due to obstruction to the return of the blood from the affected part. -- Passive iron (Chem.), iron which has been subjected to the action of heat, of strong nitric acid, chlorine, etc.  It is then not easily acted upon by acids. -- Passive movement (Med.), a movement of a part, in order to exercise it, made without the assistance of the muscles which ordinarily move the part. -- Passive obedience (as used by writers on government), obedience or submission of the subject or citizen as a duty in all cases to the existing government. -- Passive prayer, among mystic divines, a suspension of the activity of the soul or intellectual faculties, the soul remaining quiet, and yielding only to the impulses of grace. -- Passive verb, or Passive voice (Gram.), a verb, or form of a verb, which expresses the effect of the action of some agent; as, in Latin, doceor, I am taught; in English, she is loved; the picture is admired by all; he is assailed by slander.


word: Passive aeroplane
definition:
Passive aeroplane

Passive balloon

{ Pas"sive bal*loon" or Pas"sive a"ër*o*plane }
One unprovided with motive power.


word: Passive flight
definition:
Passive flight

Passive flight
Flight, such as gliding and soaring, accomplished without the use of motive power.


word: Passively
definition:
Passively

Pas"sive*ly
adv.
1.
In a passive manner; inertly; unresistingly.

2.
As a passive verb; in the passive voice.


word: Passiveness
definition:
Passiveness

Pas"sive*ness
n.
The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission.

To be an effect implies passiveness, or the being subject to the power and action of its cause.
J. Edwards.


word: passivism
definition:
passivism

pas"si*vism`
n.
1.
The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable; hence, the principle of passive resistance.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- pacifism.

2.
The quality of being passive.


word: Passivity
definition:
Passivity

Pas*siv"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. passivité.]
1.
Passiveness; -- opposed to activity.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
(Physics)
The tendency of a body to remain in a given state, either of motion or rest, till disturbed by another body; inertia.
Cheyne.

3.
(Chem.)
The quality or condition of any substance which has no inclination to chemical activity; inactivity.


word: Passman
definition:
Passman

Pass"man
(?)
n.
pl. Passmen (_;).
One who passes for a degree, without honors. See Classman, 2.
[Eng. Univ.]


word: Passover
definition:
Passover

Pass"o`ver
(?)
n.
[Pass + over. See Pasch.]
(Jewish Antiq.)
(a)
A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb.
(b)
The sacrifice offered at the feast of the passover; the paschal lamb.
Ex. xii.


word: Pass-parole
definition:
Pass-parole

Pass`-pa*role"
(?)
n.
[F. passe-parole.]
(Mil.)
An order passed from front to rear by word of mouth.


word: Passport
definition:
Passport

Pass"port
(_;)
n.
[F. passeport, orig., a permission to leave a port or to sail into it; passer to pass + port a port, harbor. See Pass, and Port a harbor.]
1.
Permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place, without molestation, by land or by water.

Caution in granting passports to Ireland.
Clarendon.

2.
A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.

3.
A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.
Burrill.

4.
Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.
Sir P. Sidney.

His passport is his innocence and grace.
Dryden.


word: Passus
definition:
Passus

Pas"sus
(?)
n.
pl. L. Passus, E. Passuses (_;).
[L., a step, a pace. See Pace.]
A division or part; a canto; as, the passus of Piers Plowman. See 2d Fit.


word: Password
definition:
Password

Pass"word`
(?)
n.
A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.
Macaulay.


word: Past
definition:
Past

Past
(?)
a.
[From Pass, v.]
Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.
Past
Milton.

Past master. See under Master.


word: Past₂
definition:
Past

Past
n.
A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
past
D. Webster.

The present is only intelligible in the light of the past, often a very remote past indeed.
Trench.


word: Past₃
definition:
Past

Past
prep.
1.
Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
past
Eph. iv. 19.
past
Macaulay.

Until we be past thy borders.
Num. xxi. 22.

Love, when once past government, is consequently past shame.
L'Estrange.

2.
Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.

Is it not past two o'clock?
Shak.

3.
Above; exceeding; more than.
[R.]

Not past three quarters of a mile.
Shak.

Bows not past three quarters of a yard long.
Spenser.


word: pasta
definition:
pasta

pas"ta
(pȧ"stȧ; Brit. păs"tȧ)
n.
Any of a variety of edible unleavened doughey preparations made from flour, eggs and water, originating in Italy, and shaped into various forms, such as solid strings (as spaghetti), hollow tubes, or layered squares (ravioli).  They may be mixed with various sauces, often having a tomato base, or filled with meat or cheese fillings.

Syn. -- Italian paste, paste.


word: Paste
definition:
Paste

Paste
(pāst)
n.
[OF. paste, F. pâte, L. pasta, fr. Gr. _; barley broth; cf. _; barley porridge, _; sprinkled with salt, _; to sprinkle.  Cf. Pasty, n., Patty.]
1.
A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware.

2.
Specifically, in cookery, a dough prepared for the crust of pies and the like; pastry dough.

3.
A kind of cement made of flour and water, starch and water, or the like, -- used for uniting paper or other substances, as in bookbinding, etc., -- also used in calico printing as a vehicle for mordant or color.

4.
A highly refractive vitreous composition, variously colored, used in making imitations of precious stones or gems. See Strass.

5.
A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc.

6.
(Min.)
The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.

Paste eel (Zool.), the vinegar eel. See under Vinegar.


word: Paste₂
definition:
Paste

Paste
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Pasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pasting.]
To unite with paste; to fasten or join by means of paste.


word: Pasteboard
definition:
Pasteboard

Paste"board`
(?)
n.
1.
A stiff thick kind of paper board, formed of several single sheets pasted one upon another, or of paper macerated and pressed into molds, etc.

2.
(Cookery)
A board on which pastry dough is rolled; a molding board.


word: Pastel
definition:
Pastel

Pas"tel
(?)
n.
[F.; cf. It. pastello.  Cf. Pastil.]
1.
A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water.
[Sometimes incorrectly written pastil.]
pastel
W. Black.

2.
(Bot.)
A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself.


word: Paster
definition:
Paster

Past"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who pastes; as, a paster in a government department.

2.
A slip of paper, usually bearing a name, intended to be pasted by the voter, as a substitute, over another name on a printed ballot.
[Cant, U.S.]


word: Pastern
definition:
Pastern

Pas"tern
(?)
n.
[Of. pasturon, F. pâturon, fr. OF. pasture a tether, for beasts while pasturing; prop., a pasturing. See Pasture.]
1.
The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse.

&hand_; The upper bone, or phalanx, of the foot is called the great pastern bone; the second, the small pastern bone; and the third, in the hoof, the coffin bone.

Pastern joint, the joint in the hoof of the horse, and allied animals, between the great and small pastern bones.

2.
A shackle for horses while pasturing.
Knight.

3.
A patten.
[Obs.]
Dryden.


word: paste-up
definition:
paste-up

paste-up
n.
A composition of a flat object on a board or other backing; as, they showed him a paste-up of the book jacket.


word: pasteurellosis
definition:
pasteurellosis

pasteurellosis
n.
An acute infectious disease characterized by pneumonia and blood infection.

Syn. -- hemorrhagic septicemia.


word: Pasteurism
definition:
Pasteurism

Pas*teur"ism
(?)
n.
[Fr. Pasteur, a French scientist.]
1.
A method of treatment, devised by Pasteur, for preventing certain diseases, as hydrophobia, by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.

2.
Pasteurization.


word: Pasteurization
definition:
Pasteurization

Pas*teur`i*za"tion
(?)
n.
A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140° F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained microorganisms.


word: Pasteurizer
definition:
Pasteurizer

Pas"teur*iz`er
(?)
n.
One that Pasteurizes, specif. an apparatus for heating and agitating, fluid.


word: Pasteur's fluid
definition:
Pasteur's fluid

Pas`teur's" flu"id
(?)
(Biol.)
An artificial nutrient fluid invented by Pasteur for the study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the ash of yeast, some ammonia compound, sugar, and water.


word: Pasticcio
definition:
Pasticcio

Pas*tic"ci*o
(?)
n.
[It., fr. pasta. See Paste.]
1.
A medley; an olio.
[R.]
H. Swinburne.

2.
(Fine Arts)
(a)
A work of art imitating directly the work of another artist, or of more artists than one.
(b)
A falsified work of art, as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.


word: pasties
definition:
pasties

pas"ties
(pās"tēz)
n.
A pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers.


word: Pastille
definition:
Pastille

Pastil

{ Pas"til (?), Pas*tille" (?), }
n.
[F. pastille, L. pastillusa pastus food. See Pasture, and cf. Pastel.]
1.
(Pharmacy)
A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room.

2.
An aromatic or medicated lozenge, especially one used to soothe a sore throat; a troche.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- cough drop, troche.

3.
See Pastel, a crayon.


word: pastime
definition:
pastime

pas"time`
(pȧs"tīm`)
n.
[Pass + time: cf. F. passetemps.]
That which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion; as, that great American pastime, baseball.


word: pastis
definition:
pastis

pastis
(pȧ*stēs")
n.
[F., ca. 1925]
An anise-based liqueur similar to absinthe but yellowish in color and containing no wormwood.


word: pastor
definition:
pastor

pas"tor
(pȧs"tẽr)
n.
[L., fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed.  Cf. Pabulum, Pasture, Food.]
1.
A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds.

2.
A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish.

3.
(Zool.)
A species of starling (Pastor roseus), native of the plains of Western Asia and Eastern Europe.  Its head is crested and glossy greenish black, and its back is rosy.  It feeds largely upon locusts.


word: Pastoral
definition:
Pastoral

Pas"tor*al
(?)
a.
[L. pastoralis: cf. F. pastoral. See Pastor.]
1.
Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.

2.
Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.

Pastoral staff (Eccl.), a staff, usually of the form of a shepherd's crook, borne as an official emblem by a bishop, abbot, abbess, or other prelate privileged to carry it. See Crook, and Crosier. -- Pastoral Theology, that part of theology which treats of the duties of pastors.


word: Pastoral₂
definition:
Pastoral

Pas"tor*al
(?)
n.
1.
A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.

A pastoral is a poem in which any action or passion is represented by its effects on a country life.
Rambler.

2.
(Mus.)
A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life.
Moore (Encyc. of Music).

3.
(Eccl.)
A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.


word: Pastorale
definition:
Pastorale

Pas`to*ra"le
(?)
n.
[It.]
1.
(Mus.)
A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time.

2.
A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance.


word: Pastorally
definition:
Pastorally

Pas"tor*al*ly
(?)
adv.
1.
In a pastoral or rural manner.

2.
In the manner of a pastor.


word: Pastorate
definition:
Pastorate

Pas"tor*ate
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. pastorat. See Pastor.]
The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor.


word: Pastorium
definition:
Pastorium

Pas*to"ri*um
(?)
n.
[See Pastor; cf. Auditorium.]
A parsonage; -- so called in some Baptist churches.
[Southern U. S.]


word: Pastry
definition:
Pastry

Pas"try
(?)
n.
pl. Pastries (_;).
1.
The place where pastry is made.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
Articles of food made of paste, or having a crust made of paste, as pies, tarts, etc.

Pastry cook, one whose occupation is to make pastry; as, the pastry cook of a hotel.


word: Pasturage
definition:
Pasturage

Pas"tur*age
(?)
n.
[OF. pasturage, F. pâturage. See Pasture.]
1.
Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture.

2.
Grass growing for feed; grazing.

3.
The business of feeding or grazing cattle.


word: Pasture
definition:
Pasture

Pas"ture
(?)
n.
[OF. pasture, F. pâture, L. pastura, fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. See Pastor.]
1.
Food; nourishment.
[Obs.]

Toads and frogs his pasture poisonous.
Spenser.

2.
Specifically: Grass growing for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing.

3.
Grass land for cattle, horses, etc.; pasturage.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
Ps. xxiii. 2.

So graze as you find pasture.
Shak.


word: Pasture₂
definition:
Pasture

Pas"ture
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Pastured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pasturing.]
To feed, esp. to feed on growing grass; to supply grass as food for; as, the farmer pastures fifty oxen; the land will pasture forty cows.


word: pastureland
definition:
pastureland

pas"ture*land`
n.
A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock; pasture.

Syn. -- pasture, grazing land, lea, ley.


word: Pasty₂
definition:
Pasty

Pas"ty
n.
pl. Pasties (#).
[OF. pasté, F. pâté. See Paste, and cf. Patty.]
A pie consisting usually of meat wholly surrounded with a crust made of a sheet of paste, and often baked without a dish; a meat pie.
pasty
Shak.
pasties
Dickens.

A large pasty baked in a pewter platter.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Pat
definition:
Pat

Pat
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Patted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Patting.]
[Cf. G. patschen, Prov. G. patzen, to strike, tap.]
To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog.

Gay pats my shoulder, and you vanish quite.
Pope.


word: Pat₂
definition:
Pat

Pat
n.
1.
A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap.

2.
A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats.

It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter.
Dickens.


word: Pat₃
definition:
Pat

Pat
a.
[Cf. pat a light blow, D. te pas convenient, pat, where pas is fr. F. passer to pass.]
Exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely.
Pat
Barrow.


word: Patache
definition:
Patache

Pa`tache"
(?)
n.
[F. & Sp. patache, P. patacho.]
(Naut.)
A tender to a fleet, formerly used for conveying men, orders, or treasure.
[Spain & Portugal]


word: Patagium
definition:
Patagium

Pa*ta"gi*um
(?)
n.
pl. Patagia (#).
[L., an edge or border.]
1.
(Anat.)
In bats, an expansion of the integument uniting the fore limb with the body and extending between the elongated fingers to form the wing; in birds, the similar fold of integument uniting the fore limb with the body.

2.
(Zool.)
One of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See Illust. of Butterfly.


word: Patamar
definition:
Patamar

Pat"a*mar
(?)
n.
[From the native name.]
(Naut.)
A vessel resembling a grab, used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon.
[Written also pattemar.]


word: Patas
definition:
Patas

Pa*tas"
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ruber); the red monkey.


word: Patavinity
definition:
Patavinity

Pat`a*vin"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. patavinitas, fr. Patavium: cf. F. patavinité]
The use of local or provincial words, as in the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian; -- so called from Patavium, now Padua, the place of Livy's nativity.


word: Patch
definition:
Patch

Patch
(?)
n.
[OE. pacche; of uncertain origin, perh. for placche; cf. Prov. E. platch patch, LG. plakk, plakke.]
1.
A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.

Patches set upon a little breach.
Shak.

2.
Hence:
A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.

3.
A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.

Your black patches you wear variously.
Beau. & Fl.

4.
(Gun.)
A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.

5.
Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.

Employed about this patch of ground.
Bunyan.

6.
(Mil.)
A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.

7.
A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
[Obs. or Colloq.]
patch
Shak.

Patch ice, ice in overlapping pieces in the sea. -- Soft patch, a patch for covering a crack in a metallic vessel, as a steam boiler, consisting of soft material, as putty, covered and held in place by a plate bolted or riveted fast.


word: Patch₂
definition:
Patch

Patch
(păch)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Patched (păcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Patching.]
1.
To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.

2.
To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.

3.
To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.

Ladies who patched both sides of their faces.
Spectator.

4.
To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.
patch
Shak.


word: patchboard
definition:
patchboard

patch"board
n.
(Computers)
A circuit board where circuits are completed and modified by making connections with patchcords.

Syn. -- switchboard, plugboard.


word: patchcord
definition:
patchcord

patch"cord
n.
A conducting cord  with a plug at each end, used to make connections between circuit terminals at a patchboard.


word: patched
definition:
patched

patched
(păcht)
adj.
1.
Mended, usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch; as, patched jeans.

2.
[p. p. of patch, v. t..]
Partly covered; as, The field was patched with ice and snow.


word: Patchery
definition:
Patchery

Patch"er*y
(păch"ẽr*&ybreve_;)
n.
Botchery; covering of defects; bungling; hypocrisy.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Patchouly
definition:
Patchouly

Patchouli

{ Pa*tchou"li, Pa*tchou"ly  }
(?)
n.
[CF. F. patchouli; prob. of East Indian origin.]
1.
(Bot.)
A small shrubby mintlike plant (Pogostemon cablin syn. Pogostemon Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made.

Syn. -- pachouli, Pogostemon cablin.

2.
The heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant.

Patchouly camphor (Chem.), a substance homologous with and resembling borneol, found in patchouly oil.


word: patch up
definition:
patch up

patch` up"
n.
To mend by patching; to patch; -- also used figuratively; as, to patch up frayed relations bewteen parties.


word: Patchwork
definition:
Patchwork

Patch"work`
(?)
n.
Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly or clumsily composed; a thing patched up.
Swift.


word: Pate₂
definition:
Pate

Pa`té"
(?)
n.
[F. pâté.]
1.
A pie. See Patty.

2.
(Fort.)
A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a fortified place.
[R.]


word: Pate₃
definition:
Pate

Pate
(?)
n.
[Cf. LG. & Prov. G. pattkopf, patzkopf, scabby head; patt, patz, scab + kopf head.]
1.
The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head.
[Now generally used in contempt or ridicule.]

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Ps. vii. 16.

Fat paunches have lean pate.
Shak.

2.
The skin of a calf's head.


word: Patefaction
definition:
Patefaction

Pat`e*fac"tion
(?)
n.
[L. patefactio, fr. patefacere to open; patere to lie open + facere to make.]
The act of opening, disclosing, or manifesting; open declaration.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Patela
definition:
Patela

Pat"e*la
(?)
n.
[Hind. patelā.]
A large flat-bottomed trading boat peculiar to the river Ganges; -- called also puteli.


word: Patella
definition:
Patella

Pa*tel"la
(?)
n.
pl. Patellæ (#).
[L., a small pan, the kneepan, dim. of patina, patena, a pan, dish.]
1.
A small dish, pan, or vase.

2.
(Anat.)
The kneecap; the kneepan; the cap of the knee.

3.
(Zool.)
A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets.  The shell has the form of a flattened cone.  The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food.

4.
(Bot.)
A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.


word: Patelliform
definition:
Patelliform

Pa*tel"li*form
(?)
a.
[Patella + form: cf. F. pattelliforme.]
1.
Having the form of a patella.

2.
(Zool.)
Resembling a limpet of the genus Patella.


word: Patellula
definition:
Patellula

Pa*tel"lu*la
(?)
n.
pl. Patellulæ (#).
[NL., dim. of L. patella. See Patella.]
(Zool.)
A cuplike sucker on the feet of certain insects.


word: Paten
definition:
Paten

Pat"en
(?)
n.
[LL. patina, patena, fr. L. patina, patena, a pan; cf. L. patere to be open, E. patent, and Gr. pata`nh a kind of flat dish: cf. F. patène.  Cf. Patina.]
1.
A plate.
[Obs.]

2.
(Eccl.)
The place on which the consecrated bread is placed in the Eucharist, or on which the host is placed during the Mass.  It is usually small, and formed as to fit the chalice, or cup, as a cover.


word: Patency
definition:
Patency

Pa"ten*cy
(?)
n.
[See Patent.]
1.
The condition of being open, enlarged, or spread.

2.
The state of being patent or evident.


word: Patent
definition:
Patent

Pat"ent
(păt"ent or pāt"ent)
a.
[L. patens, -entis, p. pr. of patere to be open: cf. F. patent.  Cf. Fathom.]
1.
(Oftener pronounced pāt"ent in this sense)
Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.

He had received instructions, both patent and secret.
Motley.

2.
Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter.

3.
Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines.

Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was made a patent commodity.
Mortimer.

4.
(Bot.)
Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf.

Patent leather, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work. -- Patent office, a government bureau for the examination of inventions and the granting of patents. -- Patent right. (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control of its manufacture. (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices or prerogatives. -- Patent rolls, the registers, or records, of patents.


word: Patent₂
definition:
Patent

Pat"ent
n.
[Cf. F. patente. See Patent, a.]
1.
A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party.
(a)
A writing securing to an invention.
(b)
A document making a grant and conveyance of public lands.

Four other gentlemen of quality remained mentioned in that patent.
Fuller.

&hand_; In the United States, by the act of 1870, patents for inventions are issued for seventeen years, without the privilege of renewal except by act of Congress.

2.
The right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent.

If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent to offend.
Shak.


word: Patent₃
definition:
Patent

Pat"ent
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Patented; p. pr. & vb. n. Patenting.]
To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands.


word: Patentee
definition:
Patentee

Pat`ent*ee"
(?)
n.
One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent.
Bacon.


word: Patent-hammered
definition:
Patent-hammered

Pat"ent-ham"mered
(?)
a.
(Stone Cutting)
Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.


word: Patera
definition:
Patera

Pat"e*ra
(?)
n.
pl. Pateræ(_;).
[L., fr. patere to lie open.]
1.
A saucerlike vessel of earthenware or metal, used by the Greeks and Romans in libations and sacrifices.

2.
(Arch.)
A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, and the like.


word: Paterfamilias
definition:
Paterfamilias

Pa`ter*fa*mil`i*as
(?)
n.
pl. Pateresfamilias (#).
[L., fr. pater father + familias, gen. of familia family.]
(Rom. Law)
The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master.


word: Paternal
definition:
Paternal

Pa*ter"nal
(?)
a.
[L. paternus, fr. pater a father: cf. F. paternel. See Father.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care.
paternal
Milton.

2.
Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate.

Their small paternal field of corn.
Dryden.

Paternal government (Polit. Science), the assumption by the governing power of a quasi-fatherly relation to the people, involving strict and intimate supervision of their business and social concerns, upon the theory that they are incapable of managing their own affairs.


word: Paternalism
definition:
Paternalism

Pa*ter"nal*ism
(?)
n.
(Polit. Science)
The theory or practice of paternal government. See Paternal government, under Paternal.
London Times.


word: paternalistic
definition:
paternalistic

pa*ter`nal*ist"ic
adj.
Benevolent but sometimes intrusive; -- used often of governments and the administration of large organizations.  See paternal government.


word: Paternity
definition:
Paternity

Pa*ter"ni*ty
(?)
n.
[L. paternitas: cf. F. paternité. See Paternal.]
1.
The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.

The world, while it had scarcity of people, underwent no other dominion than paternity and eldership.
Sir W. Raleigh.

2.
Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child.

3.
Origin; authorship.

The paternity of these novels was . . . disputed.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Paternoster
definition:
Paternoster

Pa"ter*nos`ter
(?)
n.
[L., Our Father.]
1.
The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version.

2.
(Arch.)
A beadlike ornament in moldings.

3.
(Angling)
A line with a row of hooks and bead-shaped sinkers.

4.
(Mining)
An elevator of an inclined endless traveling chain or belt bearing buckets or shelves which ascend on one side loaded, and empty themselves at the top.

Paternoster pump, Paternoster wheel, a chain pump; a noria. -- Paternoster while, the space of time required for repeating a paternoster. Udall.


word: Patesi
definition:
Patesi

Pa*te"si
(?)
n.
[Assyrian.]
(Babylonian Antiq.)
A religious as well as a secular designation applied to rulers of some of the city states of ancient Chaldea, as Lagash or Shirpurla, who were conceived to be direct representatives of the tutelary god of the place.


word: path
definition:
path

path
(pȧth)
n.
pl. paths (pȧ&thlig_;z).
[AS. pæð, pað; akin to D. pad, G. pfad, of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. pa`tos, Skr. patha, path. √21.]
1.
A trodden way; a footway.

The dewy paths of meadows we will tread.
Dryden.

2.
A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action.

All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth.
Ps. xxv. 10.

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Gray.


word: Path
definition:
Path

Path
(pȧ&thlig_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Pathed (pȧ&thlig_;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Pathing.]
To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one).
[R.]
Pathing
Drayton.


word: Pathan
definition:
Pathan

Pathan
prop. n.
A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan, especially of the Pashtun tribes of southern Afghanistan.

Syn. -- Afghan, Afghanistani, Pashto, pashtun.


word: pathematic
definition:
pathematic

path`e*mat"ic
(păth`e̝*măt"ĭk)
a.
[Gr. paqhmatiko`s, fr. pa`qhma a suffering, paqei^n, to suffer.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating, emotion or suffering.
[R.]
Chalmers.


word: Pathetic
definition:
Pathetic

Pa*thet"ic
(pȧ*thĕt"ĭk)
a.
[L. patheticus, Gr. paqhtiko`s, fr. paqei^n, pa`schein, to suffer: cf. F. pathétique. See Pathos.]
1.
Expressing or showing anger; passionate.
[Obs.]

2.
Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story.
Pathetic
Macaulay.

No theory of the passions can teach a man to be pathetic.
E. Porter.

Pathetic muscle (Anat.), the superior oblique muscle of the eye. -- Pathetic nerve (Anat.), the fourth cranial, or trochlear, nerve, which supplies the superior oblique, or pathetic, muscle of the eye. -- The pathetic, a style or manner adapted to arouse the tender emotions.


word: Pathfinder
definition:
Pathfinder

Path"find`er
(?)
n.
One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.

The cow is the true pathfinder and pathmaker.
J. Burroughs.


word: Pathic
definition:
Pathic

Path"ic
(păth"ĭc)
n.
[L. pathicus, Gr. paqiko`s, passive, fr. paqei^n, pa`schei^n, to suffer]
A male who submits to the crime against nature; a catamite.
[R.]
B. Jonson.

&hand_;   The term “crime against nature” to refer to homosexual activity is now (2002) seldom used except by religious conservatives.  It was in the 1913 Webster, and is left here for historical purposes.


word: Pathless
definition:
Pathless

Path"less
(?)
a.
Having no beaten path or way; untrodden; impenetrable; as, pathless woods.

Trough the heavens' wide, pathless way.
Milton.


word: Pathogene
definition:
Pathogene

Pathogen

Path"o*gen, Path"o*gene
(?)
n.
[See Pathogenic.]
(Biol.)
Any microorganism which causes disease; a pathogenic organism; an infectious microorganism; a bacterium, virus, or other agent which can cause disease by infection; -- opposed to zymogene.  The spelling pathogene is now archaic.


word: Pathogenic
definition:
Pathogenic

Path`o*gen"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. pa`qos disease + the root of ge`nos birth.]
(Med. & Biol.)
Of or pertaining to pathogeny; producting disease; as, a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium.


word: Pathogeny
definition:
Pathogeny

Pa*thog"e*ny
(?)
n.
(Med.)
(a)
The generation, and method of development, of disease; as, the pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled.
(b)
That branch of pathology which treats of the generation and development of disease.


word: Pathognomonic
definition:
Pathognomonic

Pa*thog`no*mon"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; skilled in judging of diseases; pa`qos a disease + _; skilled: cf. F. pathognomonique. See Gnomic.]
(Med.)
Specially or decisively characteristic of a disease; indicating with certainty a disease; as, a pathognomonic symptom.

The true pathognomonic sign of love jealousy.
Arbuthnot.


word: Pathognomy
definition:
Pathognomy

Pa*thog"no*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; passion + _; a judgment, fr. _;, _;, to know.]
Expression of the passions; the science of the signs by which human passions are indicated.


word: Pathological
definition:
Pathological

Pathologic

{ Path`o*log"ic (?), Path`o*log"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. pathologique.]
1.
Of or pertaining to pathology.

2.
(Med.)
caused by or due to disease; abnormal; morbid; as, pathological tissue; a pathological condition.


