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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Pa-cif'i-a-ble, a. p. 936Capable of being pacified; placable. [Rare.] The conscience is not pacificable while sin is within to vex it. Bp. Hall.Pa-çif'ic-al, a. p. 936Of, or pertaining to, peace; pacific. “Pacifical and Christian ends.” Wotton.Pa-cif'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 936In a pacific manner; peacefully; peaceably.Pa-çif'i-cā'tion or Pāç'i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 936The act of pacifying or of making peace between parties at variance; reduction to a peaceful state; reconcilement. He sent to the French king his chaplain . . . as best sorting with an embassy of…Pa-çif'i-cā/tor or Pāc'i-fi-cā/tor, n. p. 936One who, or that which, pacifies; a peace-maker.Pa-çif'i-ca-to-ry, a. p. 936Tending to make peace; conciliatory.Pāç'i-fi'er, n. p. 936One who pacifies.Păc'i-fī', v. t. p. 936To appease, as wrath or other violent passion or appetite; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation or excitement of; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify hunger; to pacify…Păck, n. p. 936A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; a bale; especially, a bundle made up to be carried on the back. 2. A burdensome load; as, a pack of sorrows. “A pack of blessings.” Shak. ☞ In this sense…Păck, v. t. p. 936To place together and prepare for transportation; to make up into a bundle or bale; hence, to assemble and compact together; to press into close order or narrow compass; as, to pack goods in a box…Păck, v. i. p. 936To form things into packs or bundles; to make up bales or packages; to put up a thing closely. 2. To admit of stowage; to allow of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to…Păck'age, n. p. 937The act or the style of packing. 2. A bundle made up for transportation; a pack or packet; a bale; as, a package of goods. 3. A charge made for packing goods. 4. A duty formerly charged in the port…Päck'-clöth, n. p. 937A cloth for packing goods, or in which they are tied.Päck'-dŭck, n. p. 937A coarse linen used as the material for pack-cloths.Päck'er, n. p. 937A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one employed in packing provisions or goods for preservation.Päck'et, n. p. 937A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. 2. A dispatch-vessel; a ship or other vessel employed by government to convey letters from country to country, or from…Păck'et, v. t. p. 937<br>1. To make up into a packet or bundle. “Letters well sealed and packeted.” Swift.<br>2. To send in a packet or dispatch-vessel. “Her husband<br>Was packeted to France.” Ford.Päck'et, v. i. p. 937To ply with a packet or dispatch-vessel.Päck'et-bōat, n. p. 937A packet.Päck'et-dāy, n. p. 937The day for posting letters, or for the departure of a ship. Simmonds.Păck'et-ship, n. p. 937A ship that sails regularly between distant countries for the conveyance of dispatches, letters, passengers, &c.Päck'fōng, n. p. 937The alloy called also white copper, or German silver. [Written also pak-fong.] Ure.Päck'-hŏrse, n. p. 937A horse employed in carrying packs, or goods and baggage. 2. A beast of burden.Päck'-house, n. p. 937A warehouse for receiving goods.Päck'-īçe, n. p. 937A collection of large pieces of floating-ice. Kane.Päck'ing, n. p. 937Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close, as the substance around the piston of a pump or other tube, to render it water or air tight. 2. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] Bale. 3. (Masonry.) A…Päck'ing-prĕss, n. p. 937A powerful press used to pack goods in a small compass.Păck'ing-sheet, n. p. 937A large cloth for packing or covering goods. 2. (Hydrop.) A wet sheet used in packing at water-cure establishments.Păck'-lōad, n. p. 937The load an animal can carry on its back. Simmonds.Päck'-man, n. p. 937One who bears a pack; a peddler.Päck'-säd'dle, n. p. 937A saddle on which packs or burdens are laid for conveyance.Päck'-stäff, n. p. 937A staff on which a traveler occasionally supports his pack. Bp. Hall.Păck'-thrĕad, n. p. 937Strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels.Päck'-wāy, n. p. 937A narrow way by which goods could be conveyed only on horses. Halliwell.Păck'wăx, n. p. 937A large tendon or cartilage in the neck of an animal; — called also nucha, paxwax, and paxywaxy. See PAXWAX. Ray.Pā'co or Pā'cos, n. p. 937(Zoöl.) A variety of llama, sometimes considered as a species, having long, silky hair; alpaca. See ALPACA. 2. [Peruv. paco, pacu, red, reddish, reddish ore containing silver.] (Min.) An…Pāct, n. p. 937An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant. “The engagement and pact of society which goes by the name of the constitution.” Burke.Păc'tion, n. p. 937An agreement or contract. [Rare.] “By a mental paction with himself.” W. Scott.Pāc'tion-al, a. p. 937By way of agreement. Sanderson.Pac-ti'tiōŭs, a. p. 937Settled by agreement or stipulation.Pac-tō'li-an, a. p. 937Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in Lydia, famous for its golden sands.Pād, n. p. 937A foot-path; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 2. An easy-paced horse. Addison. Pope. 3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; — usually called foot-pad.Pād, v. t. p. 937To travel or walk upon; to tread. 2. To trample; to tread or beat smooth or level.Pād, v. i. p. 937To travel slowly or leisurely. 2. To rob on foot. 3. To beat a way smooth and level.Păd, n. p. 937Any thing flattened or laid flat, as a pad of straw, of wool, &c. 2. A package of blotting paper, or of some soft, flat material for writing upon; as, a blotting-pad; a writing-pad. 3. A soft saddle…Pād, v. t. p. 937To stuff or furnish with padding. 2. (Calico Printing.) To imbue equally with a mordant; as, to pad cloth. Ure.Pād'ar, n. p. 937Grouts; coarse flour or meal. [Obs.]Pād'der, n. p. 937One who pads; a highwayman. [Obs.]Pād'ding, n. p. 937The act or process of making a pad. 2. The impregnation of cloth with a mordant. 3. The material with which a saddle, garment, &c., are stuffed.Păd'dle, v. i. p. 937To use the hands; to handle or finger about. 2. To beat water with the hands or feet, for swimming or in sport. Paddling ducks the standing lake desire. Gay. 3. Especially, to beat the water with…Păd'dle, v. t. p. 937To propel by an oar or paddle. 2. To trample; to pad. [Prov. Eng.]Pād'dle, n. p. 937An oar; especially, a sort of short oar with a broad blade, used in propelling and steering canoes and boats, by a vertical motion. 2. Hence, the blade or the broad part of an oar or weapon; a short…Pād'dle-bēam, n. p. 937One of the two large timbers between which the paddle-wheels of a steamer revolve.Pād'dle-bōard, n. p. 937One of the floats on the circumference of a steamer's paddle-wheel.Păd'dle-bŏx, n. p. 937One of the boxes projecting from the side of a steamboat, within which are the paddle-wheels.Păd'dler, n. p. 937One who paddles.Pād'dle-shāft, n. p. 937The axle of a steamer's wheels, with which the crank is connected.Păd'dle-stāff, n. p. 937A staff headed with broad iron, used by plowmen to free the share from earth, stubble, and the like; — called also paddle. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A long staff, having, at the end, a spike like a small…Pād'dle-wheel, n. p. 937A water-wheel used in propelling steamboats.Pād'dle-wood, n. p. 937A light, elastic, and strong wood from Guiana, which is preferred to any other for cotton-gin rollers. It is used by the natives for paddles. Simmonds.