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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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Pan-tōg'ra-phy, n. p. 944General description; entire view of an object.Păn’to-lŏg’ĭe-al, a. p. 944Pertaining to pantology.Pan-tŏl'ō-gĭst, n. p. 944One writing on, or conversant with, pantology.Pan-tōl'o-gy, n. p. 944A work of universal information; a systematic view of all branches of human knowledge.Pan-tŏm'e-ter, n. p. 944An instrument for measuring all sorts of elevations, angles, and distances. [Obs.] Bailey.Pan-tōm'e-try, n. p. 944Universal measurement. [Obs.]Păn’to-mīme, n. p. 944One who acts his part by gesticulation only, without speaking; an actor who expresses his meaning by mute action. I would our pantomimes and stage-players would examine themselves and their calling…Pā̆n’to-mīme, a. p. 944Representing only in mute action.Pān’to-mīm’ic or Pān’to-mīm’ic-al, a. p. 944Pertaining to the pantomime; representing characters and actions by dumb show.Pān’to-mim’ie-al-ly, adv. p. 944In the manner of pantomime.Pān’to-mīm’ist, n. p. 944One who acts in pantomime.Pān’ton or Pān’ton-shoe, n. p. 944(Far.) A horseshoe contrived to recover a narrow and hoof-bound heel.Pan-tŏph'a-ǧist, n. p. 944An animal or person that eats all kinds of food.Pan-tōph'a-gous, a. p. 944Eating all kinds of food.Pan-tōph'a-ǧy, n. p. 944The habit or power of eating all kinds of food.Pān’try, n. p. 944An apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept.Păn'ur-gy, n. p. 944Skill in all kinds of work or business; craft. [Obs.] Bailey.Pān'yard, n. p. 944A pannier. [Obs.] Pepys.Pā'nym, n. & a. p. 944See PAINIM. [Obs.]Pāp, n. p. 944A nipple of the breast; a teat. Dryden. 2. A rounded, nipple-like hill. “The paps of Jura.” Macaulay.Pāp, n. p. 944A soft food for infants, made with bread boiled or softened with water; hence, sometimes sarcastically, nourishment, support; as, treasury pap. 2. The pulp of fruit. Ainsworth.Pāp, v. t. p. 944To feed with pap.Pa-pä', n. p. 944Father;—a word used by children.Pā'pa-cy, n. p. 944The office and dignity of the pope or pontiff of Rome; papal authority or jurisdiction; popedom. 2. The popes taken collectively; the series or line of popes.Pāp'a-gāy, n. p. 944(Ornith.) The same as POPINJAY. See POPINJAY.Pā'pal, a. p. 944Belonging or relating to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; popish; as, papal authority; the papal chair. Papal crown, the tiara. See TIARA.Pā'pa-līn, n. p. 944A papist. [Obs.] Herbert.Pā'pal-ist, n. p. 944One who favors papal power or doctrines; a papist. [Obs.] Baxter.Pa-păl'i-ty, n. p. 944Papacy; papalty. [Obs.] Berners.Pā'pal-īze, v. t. p. 944To make papal.Pā'pal-īze, v. i. p. 944To conform to popery. Cowper.Pā'pal-ly, adv. p. 944In a papal manner; popishly.Pā'pal-ty, n. p. 944The papacy. [Obs.] “The decrepit papalty.” Milton.Pā'pa-phō'bi-ā, n. p. 944Fear or dread of the pope; hatred of the pope.Pā'par-chy, n. p. 944The government of the pope.Pa-pā'ver, n. p. 944(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the poppy.Pă-pāv’er-ā'ceoŭs, a. p. 944Belonging to the poppy.Pa-pāv'er-ōŭs, a. p. 944Resembling the poppy; of the nature or qualities of poppies. Browne.Pa-paw', n. p. 944(Bot.) (a.) A tree (Carica papaya) growing in warm climates, to the height of eighteen or twenty feet, with a soft, herbaceous stem, naked nearly to the top, where the leaves issue on every side, on…Pāpe, n. p. 944The pope. [Obs.]Pā'per, n. p. 944A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, to be used in wrapping, &c., and made of a pulp obtained from rags, from straw, from bark, or like materials…Pā'per, v. t. p. 945To cover with paper; to furnish with paper-hangings; as, to paper a room or a house. 2. To fold or inclose in paper. 3. To put on paper; to put on record; to make a memorandum of; to register. [Obs.]Pā'per-fāçed, a. p. 945Having a face as white as paper. Shak.Pā'per-hāng'er, n. p. 945One who covers rooms with paper, pasting it in lengths upon the walls.Pā'per-hāng'ing, n. pl. p. 945Paper ornamented with colored figures, prepared to be pasted against the walls of apartments, &c.Pā'per-mūs'lin, n. p. 945Glazed muslin, used for linings, and the like.Pā'per-stāin'er, n. p. 945One who stains, colors, or stamps, paper for hangings.Pā'per-weight, n. p. 945A small weight used to prevent loose papers, &c., from being blown away by the wind, or otherwise displaced.Pā'per-y, a. p. 945Like paper; having the thinness or consistency of paper. Gray.Pa-pĕs'cent, a. p. 945Containing pap; having the qualities of pap. Arbuthnot.Pā'pess, n. p. 945A female pope. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Papeterie, n. p. 945An ornamented case or box containing paper and other materials for writing.Pā'phi-an, a. p. 945(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Paphos, a city of Cyprus. 2. Pertaining to Venus, or her rites;—used often in a bad sense.Pā'phi-an, n. p. 945(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Paphos.Papier-maché, n. p. 945A hard substance made of a pulp from rags or paper mixed with size or glue, and formed into any chosen object, usually by means of molds.Pa-pĭl'io, n. p. 945(Entom.) A genus of lepidopterous insects, including many species; the butterfly.Pa-pil'io-nā'ceōŭs, a. p. 945Resembling the butterfly. 2. (Bot.) Having a winged corolla, somewhat resembling a butterfly, as in the blossoms of the bean and pea; belonging to the group of plants including the bean, pea, and…Pa-pĭl'la, n. p. 945(Anat.) The minute elevations of the surface of the skin, tongue, &c. They serve to increase the extent of surface for vascular distribution, or subserve sensitive or mechanical purposes. Some…Pāp'il-la-ry or Pāp'il-lōse', a. p. 945Pertaining to, or resembling, the nipple or the papillae; covered with papillae; verrucose; warty. Derham.Pāp'īl-lāte, v. i. p. 945To grow into a nipple, or into a form resembling that of a nipple. Fleming.