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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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Pāned, a. p. 943Having panes or small squares of silk, &c. “Paned hose.” Massinger.Păn'e-gy̆r'ic, n. p. 943An oration or eulogy in praise of some distinguished person or achievement; a formal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; encomium. Burke. Syn.—Eulogy; encomium. See EULOGY.Păn'e-gy'rie or Păn'e-gy'rie-al, a. p. 943Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic.Pān'e-ǧyr'īe-al-ly, adv. p. 943In a panegyrical manner; by way of praise.Pa-nĕg'y-ris, n. p. 943A festival; a public meeting. [Obs.] Milton.Păn'e-ġy̆r'ist, n. p. 943One who bestows praise; a eulogist; an encomiast, either by writing or speaking. Camden.Păn'e-ġy-rīze, v. t. p. 943To praise highly; to write or pronounce a eulogy upon.Păn'e-ġy-rīze, v. i. p. 943To bestow praises. Mitford.Păn'e-ġy̆r'y, n. p. 943A panegyric. [Obs.] Milton.Păn'el, n. p. 943(Arch.) A compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, and the like. 2. (Joinery.) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as…Pān'el, v. t. p. 943To form with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.Pān'el-ā'tion, n. p. 943The act of impaneling a jury. [Obs.] A. Wood.Pān'el-gāme, n. p. 943A mode of stealing or extorting money, as in a panel-house. See PANEL-HOUSE.Pān'el-house, n. p. 943A house of ill-fame to which persons are enticed by a woman sent out for the purpose; after which a man (usually pretending to be the woman's husband) suddenly enters the room by some secret passage…Pān'el-ing, n. p. 943The laying out in panels; panel-work.Pāne'less, a. p. 943Without panes of glass. Shenstone.Păn'el-săw, n. p. 943A saw having very fine teeth, for cutting out panels. Tomlinson.Pān'el-thiēf, n. p. 943One who extorts money by threats of violence in a panel-house. See PANEL-HOUSE.Pān'el-work, n. p. 943Wainscoting.Pan-eu'lo-gĭsm, n. p. 943Eulogism of every thing; indiscriminate praise. With all its excellencies, — and they are many, — her book has a trace of the cant of paneulogism. National Rev.Păn'ful, n. p. 943The quantity that a pan will hold; enough to fill a pan.Pāng, n. p. 943A paroxysm of extreme distress; a momentary and violent pain; a transitory or recurring attack of agony; a throe. I saw the hoary traitor Grin in the pangs of death, and bite the ground. Addison.…Pāng, v. t. p. 943To torture; to give extreme pain to; to torment. [Rare.] Shak.Pāṅ'go-lin, n. p. 943The same as MANIS.Pān'/hel-lēn'ic, a. p. 943Pertaining to all Greece.Pan-hĕl'len-īsm, n. p. 943A scheme of forming one political body of all the Greeks.Pan-hēl'len-ist, n. p. 943One in favor of panhellenism.Pān'hel-lē'ni-ūm, n. p. 943(Gr. Antiq.) The national council or congress of Greece. Anderson.Pān'ic, n. p. 943A sudden fright; especially, a sudden fright without real cause, or terror inspired by a trifling cause or misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic.Pān'ic, a. p. 943Extreme or sudden, imaginary, and causeless;—said of fear or fright; as, panic fear.Pān'ic, n. p. 943(Bot.) A plant of the genus Panicum; panic-grass; also, the grain of the panic-grass.Pān'ic-al, a. p. 943Pertaining to, or resembling, a panic; filled with sudden and groundless fear; panic. [Obs.]Pān'ic-ful, a. p. 943Filled with panic fear; panical. [Obs.]Pān'ic-grāss, n. p. 943(Bot.) A plant of the genus Panicum; oatmeal.Păn'i-ele, n. p. 943(Bot.) A form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is much and irregularly branched, in a branched raceme, as in oats and some of the grasses. The panicle is of various kinds, as the dense or…Păn'i-cled, a. p. 943(Bot.) Furnished with panicles; arranged in, or like, panicles.Păn'ic-strĭck'en or Păn'ic-strŭck, a. p. 943Struck with a panic, or sudden fear.Pa-nĭc'ū-late or Pa-nĭc'ū-lā'ted, a. p. 943(Bot.) Furnished with, arranged in, or like panicles.Păn'i-cŭm, n. p. 943(Bot.) A genus of grasses, including many species, some of which are valuable; panic-grass.Păn'ier, n. p. 943One who waits at table in the society of the Temple, London. [Written also pannier.]Pa-nĭv'o-roŭs, a. p. 943Eating bread; subsisting on bread.Pan-nāde', n. p. 943The curvet of a horse.Păn'nage, n. p. 943The food of swine in the woods, as beech-nuts, acorns, &c.; called also pawns; also, a duty paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods. Cowell. Fleta.Păn'na-ry, a. p. 943Pertaining to, or producing, bread; used in making bread, or capable of being so used. [Rare.] Loudon.Păn'nel, n. p. 943A kind of rustic saddle. Tusser. 2. The stomach of a hawk. Ainsworth.Păn'ni-cle, n. p. 943(Bot.) Panic grass.Păn'nier, n. p. 943A bread-basket; hence, a wicker-basket used for carrying fruit or other things on a horse. 2. (Arch.) The same as CORBEL. See CORBEL. 3. A shield of basket-work formerly used by archers, who set them…Păn'ni-kel, n. p. 943The brain-pan or skull; hence, the crest. [Obs.] “He smote him so rudely on the pannikel.” Spenser.Păn'ni-kĭn, n. p. 943A small pan or cup. Marryatt.Păn'om-phē'an, a. p. 943Uttering ominous or prophetic voices; divining; — an epithet of Jupiter. We want no half-gods, panomphean Joves. E. B. Browning.Păn'o-plied, a. p. 943Dressed in panoply; completely armed.Păn'o-ply, n. p. 943Complete armor or defense; armament; a full suit of defensive armor. We had need to take the Christian panoply, to put on the whole armor of God. Ray.Pa-nŏp'ti-cŏn, n. p. 943A prison so constructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen by them. J. Bentham. 2. An exhibition room of novelties. Art Journal.Păn'o-rä'mȧ or Păn'o-rā'mȧ, n. p. 943A complete or entire view in every direction. 2. A picture presenting, as from a central point, a view of objects in every direction; or a picture representing scenes too extended to be beheld at…Păn'o-răm'ic or Păn'o-răm'ic-al, a. p. 943Pertaining to, or like, a panorama or complete view.Pan-phär'ma-cŏn, n. p. 943A medicine for all diseases; a panacea. W. Scott.Păn'-Sclā'vic, a. p. 943The same as PAN-SLAVIC.Păn'-Sclā'vism, n. p. 943The same as PAN-SLAVISM.Păn'-Sclā'vist, n. p. 943The same as PAN-SLAVIST.Păn'-Scla-vō'ni-an, a. p. 943Pan-Slavonian; Pan-Slavic.