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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Pāin'a-ble, a. p. 938Causing pain; painful. [Obs.] The manacles of Astyages were not, therefore, the less weighty and painable for being composed of gold or silver. Evelyn.Pain'ful, a. p. 938Full of pain; occasioning uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing. Evils have been more painful to us in the prospect than in the actual pressure.…Pāin'ful-ly, adv. p. 938In a painful manner; with suffering, affliction, uneasiness, or distress. 2. Laboriously; with toil. [Obs.]Pāin'ful-ness, n. p. 938The quality or condition of being painful; uneasiness or distress; affliction; sorrow. 2. Laborious effort or diligence; industry; laboriousness. [Obs.] Painfulness in a lawful calling is the best…Pāi'nim, n. p. 938A pagan; an infidel. [Written also paynim.] [Rare.] Peacham.Pāi'nim, a. p. 938Pagan; infidel. [Written also paynim.] [Rare.] Milton.Pāin'less, a. p. 938Free from pain; relieved from pain or trouble.Pāin'less-ness, n. p. 938The state of being painless; freedom from pain.Pāins, n. p. 938Care; trouble. See PAIN, n., 4.Pāins'-tāk-er, n. p. 938One who takes pains; a laborious person. Gay.Pāins'tāk-ing, a. p. 938Carefully laborious; sparing no pains; using or displaying one's utmost exertions.Pāins'tāk-ing, n. p. 938The taking of pains; careful and conscientious exertion; labor.Pāint, n. p. 938A composition of coloring matter with oil or other liquid, used in painting; coloring substance; pigment. 2. A composition for heightening or beautifying the color of the face; a cosmetic for…Pāint, v. t. p. 938To cover or smear over with coloring matter; to apply paint to; to adorn or diversify with hues; to color; as, to paint a house, a sign-board, &c. Jezebel painted her face, and tired her head. 2…Pāint, v. i. p. 938To practice the art of painting; as, an artist paints well. 2. To lay artificial coloring on one's person for ornament, or to improve the complexion; to color one's face by way of beautifying it.…Pāint'er, n. p. 938One whose occupation is to paint; one skilled in representing things in colors. Painter's colic (Med.), a disease to which painters, and those who work with poisonous preparations of lead, or in any…Pāint’er, n. p. 938(Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to any thing. Totten.Pāint’er, n. p. 938The cougar or panther (Felis concolor). [U. S.] F. Cooper.Pāint'er-ly, a. p. 938Like a painter. [Obs. and rare.] “A painterly glose of a visage.” Sidney.Pāint'er-ship, n. p. 938The state or condition of being a painter. [Rare.] Admit also a curious, cunning painter to be the chief painter; let him strive also to continue still in his chief paintership, lest another pass him…Pāint'er-stāin'er, n. p. 938A painter of coats of arms. Buchanan. 2. One of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name. Simmonds.Pāint'ing, n. p. 938The act or employment of laying on colors. 2. Colors laid on; paint. [Rare.] Shak. 3. The art of representing natural objects on a plane surface, by means of colors and the management of light and…Pāint'less, a. p. 939Not capable of being painted or represented. By woe, the soul to daring action swells; By woe, in paintless patience it excels. Savage.Pāint'ress, n. p. 939A female painter; a woman who paints.Pāin't-strāke, n. p. 939(Naut.) The uppermost strake of plank next below the plank-sheet.Pāint'ūre, n. p. 939The art of painting. [Obs.] Dryden.Pāir, n. p. 939Two things of a kind, which are also similar in form, applied to the same purpose, and suited to each other or used together; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes; a…Pāir, v. i. p. 939To be joined in pairs; to couple; as, birds pair in summer. 2. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart. Ethelinda, My heart was made to fit and pair with thine. Rowe.Pāir, v. t. p. 939To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, which complement one another, and the like; as, minds paired in heaven. Dryden. Glossy jet is paired with…Pāir, v. t. p. 939To impair. [Obs.] Spenser.Pāir'er, n. p. 939One who hurts or impairs. [Obs.]Pāir'ing-ōff, n. p. 939A practice by which two persons of opposite opinions, as in a legislative body, agree to absent themselves from voting during a stated period. This practice is said to have originated in the time of…Pāir'ing-time, n. p. 939The time when birds couple.Pāir'ment, n. p. 939Injury; hurt. [Obs.] Wycliffe.Pâir-roy'al, n. p. 939Three things of a sort;—used especially of playing-cards in some games. [Corruptly written also parial and prial.] Nares. Something in his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair-royal of naturals in…Pāise, n. p. 939Weight. [Obs.] See POISE. “A stone of such a paise.” Chapman.Pāix'han Gūn p. 939The same as the COLUMBIAD. See COLUMBIAD.Pāk'fōng, n. p. 939See PACKFONG.Pāl, n. p. 939A partner or accomplice. [Written also pall.] [Slang.]Păl'ace, n. p. 939A magnificent house in which an emperor, a king, or other distinguished person, resides; as, an imperial palace; a royal palace; a pontifical palace; a ducal palace. 2. A splendid place of residence…Pa-lā'cious, a. p. 939Becoming a palace; royal; noble; magnificent; palatial. [Obs.] Graunt.Păl'a-dĭn, n. p. 939A distinguished champion; an eminent knight.Pa-læ'mon, n. p. 939(Zoöl.) A genus of decapod crustaceans; the prawn. Baird.Pā'læ-ŏg'ra-pher, n. p. 939See PALÆOGRAPHER; and for PALÆOGRAPHIC, PALÆOGRAPHY, and other compounds and derivatives from Gr. παλαιός, see PALÆOGRAPHIC, PALÆOGRAPHY, &c.Pa-læs'trā, n. p. 939See PALESTRA.Pa-læs'trie, a. p. 939See PALESTRIC.Pa-lān'kas, n. p. 939(Mil.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to a fortress on the frontier. [Turk.] Stocqueler.Pāl'an-keen' or Pāl'an-quīn', n. p. 939A covered carriage used in India, China, &c., borne on the shoulders of men, and in which a single person is conveyed from place to place.Pa-lāp'ter-yx, n. p. 939(Palæon.) A bird of large size, allied to the apteryx, the remains of which are found in the sub-fossil strata of New Zealand.Păl'a-ta-ble, a. p. 939Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory.Păl'a-ta-ble-ness, n. p. 939The quality of being agreeable to the taste; relish.Päl'a-ta-bly, adv. p. 939In a palatable manner; agreeably.Păl'a-tal, a. p. 939Pertaining to the palate; uttered by the aid of the palate.Păl'a-tal, n. p. 939A letter pronounced by the aid of the palate, or an articulation of the upper flat surface of the tongue with the posterior portion of the roof of the mouth.Pāl'ate, n. p. 939(Anat.) The roof of the mouth. The fixed portion is called the hard palate, to distinguish it from the membranous and muscular curtain continuous with its posterior margin, called the soft palate.…Pāl'ate, v. t. p. 939To perceive by the taste. [Obs.] Shak.Pa-lā'tial, a. p. 939Pertaining to the palate; palatal; as, the palatial retraction of the tongue. [Obs.] Barrow.Pa-lā'tial, a. p. 939Pertaining to a palace; becoming a palace; magnificent. “Palatial style.” Drummond.Pa-lā'tial, n. p. 939A palatal letter. [Obs.] W. Jones.Pa-lăt'ic, a. p. 939Belonging to the palate. Holder.