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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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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.Păd'dock, n. p. 937A large toad or frog. The grisly toadstool grown there might I see, And loathed paddocks lording on the same. Spencer. Paddock stone, a stone popularly supposed to be obtained from the head of a…Păd'dock, n. p. 937A small inclosure under pasture, immediately adjoining a stable. Brande. 2. An inclosure for races, with hounds, &c. [Obs.] 3. A low sledge for removing stones. [Scot.]Păd'dock-pīpe, n. p. 937(Bot.) A plant; Equisetum palustre.Păd'dock-stōōl, n. p. 937(Bot.) A plant of the genus Agaricus; a mushroom; a toadstool.Păd'dy, a. p. 937Low in character or manners; mean; contemptible; poor. [Obs.] The flower of the pressed English bands are gone, and the remnant supplied with such paddy persons as commonly, in voluntary…Păd'dy, n. p. 937An Irishman;—in joke or contempt.Păd'dy, n. p. 937Rice not divested of its husk, whether standing in the fields, or after being gathered. [East Indies.] Malcom.Păd'e-lī'on, n. p. 937(Bot.) A plant; lion's-foot. Ash.Pād'e-soy', n. p. 937See PADUASOY.Pā'di-shāh', n. p. 937Chief ruler; monarch; sovereign;—the title of the supreme sovereign among the Persians and Turks.Păd'lŏck, n. p. 937A lock having a semicircular link jointed at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt;—used for fastening by passing the link through a staple, and the like. Prior.Păd'lŏck, v. t. p. 937To fasten with a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine.Păd'nag, n. p. 937An ambling nag. “His wish to procure an easy padnag for his wife.” Macaulay.Pād'ōv-pīpe, n. p. 937A plant. See PADDOCK-PIPE.Păd-ū-a-soy', n. p. 937A particular kind of silk stuff. [Written also padesoy.]