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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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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.Pa-lăt'ie, n. p. 939A palatal. [Rare.]Pa-lăt'i-nate, n. p. 939The province or seigniory of a palatine.Pa-lāt'i-nā'ted, a. p. 939Made into or created a palatinate. [Obs.] Fuller.Pāl'a-tine, a. p. 939Pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace. Count palatine, a count possessing royal jurisdiction. See COUNT. — County palatine, a county in which the proprietor possessed royal rights…Päl'a-tīne, n. p. 939One invested with royal privileges and rights; a count palatine.Pāl'a-tīne, a. p. 939Of, or pertaining to, the palate.Păl'a-tīve, a. p. 939Pleasing to the taste; palatable. [Obs.] Browne.Pa-lä'ver, n. p. 939Idle talk; flattery; adulation. 2. A conference or deliberation; a public and formal discussion. “In this country and epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers.” Carlyle.Pa-lā'vĕr, v. t. or v. i. p. 939To hold a palaver; to deceive by words; to use idle, deceitful talk; to flatter.Pa-lā'ver-er, n. p. 939One who palavers.Pāle, a. p. 939Not ruddy or fresh of color; deficient in intensity or energy of color; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face, a pale red, a pale blue. They are not of complexion red or pale. Randolph. 2. Not…Pāle, n. p. 939Paleness; pallor. [Rare.]Pāle, v. i. p. 939To turn pale. There are men Born tender, apt to pale at a trodden worm. E. B. Browning. No paling of the cheek of bloom Forewarned us of decay. Whittier.Pāle, v. t. p. 939To make pale.Pāle, n. p. 939A narrow board, pointed or sharpened at one end, used in fencing or inclosing; a pointed stake driven into the ground and fastened to a rail at the top; a picket. 2. That which incloses or fences in…Pāle, v. t. p. 939To inclose with pales or stakes; to inclose; to encompass. The English beach Pales in the flood with men, with wives, and boys. Shak.Pā'le-ă, n. p. 939(Bot.) (a.) The interior husk of grasses. (b.) The receptacle of many compound flowers, as the coreopsis, the sunflower, &c. Gray.Pā'le-ā'ceoŭs, a. p. 939(Bot.) Chaffy; resembling chaff, or consisting of it; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle.Pāle'ly, adv. p. 939Wanly; not freshly or ruddily.Pāl'en-dar, n. p. 939(Naut.) A kind of coasting-vessel. [Obs.] Knolles.