Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Páss'ing-tōne, n. p. 954(Mus.) A tone introduced between two other tones, but forming no essential part of the harmony.Pās'sion, n. p. 954A suffering or enduring; endurance of action on the part of something else. A body at rest affords us no idea of any active power to move, and, when set in motion, it is rather a passion than an…Pā's'sion, v. t. p. 955To give a passionate character to. [Rare.] O thou, for whose soul-soothing quiet, turtles Passion their voices cooingly 'mong myrtles. Keats.Păs'sion, v. i. p. 955To feel excitement; to be extremely agitated; to be roused. [Obs.] Shak.Păs'sion-al, a. p. 955Of, or relating to, passion or the passions.Pā'sion-a-ry, n. p. 955A book in which are described the sufferings of saints and martyrs. Warton.Păs'sion-ate, a. p. 955Easily moved to anger; easily excited or agitated by injury or insult; — applied to persons. Homer's Achilles is haughty and passionate. Prior. 2. Showing or expressing passion; moved to strong…Pā's'sion-āte, v. t. p. 955To affect with passion. 2. To express passionately. Great pleasure, mixed with pitiful regard, That godly king and queen did passionate. Spenser.Păs'sion-ate-ly, adv. p. 955In a passionate manner; with passion; with strong feeling; ardently; vehemently. 2. Angrily; in an angry manner.Păs'sion-ate-ness, n. p. 955The state of being passionate. 2. Vehemence of mind; irascibility.Păs'sion-flow'er, n. p. 955(Bot.) A flower and plant of the genus Passiflora; — so named from a fancied resemblance between its parts and the instruments of our Savior's crucifixion. The flowers are showy, and the fruit…Păs'sion-ist, n. p. 955(Rom. Cath. Church.) A member of a religious order, called also Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross, founded in Italy in 1737, and approved in 1741. It was introduced into the United States in…Pā's'sion-less, a. p. 955Void of passion; not easily excited to anger; of a calm temper.Păs'sion-week, n. p. 955(Eccl.) The week immediately preceding the festival of Easter; — so called because in that week our Savior's passion and death took place.Pās'sive, a. p. 955Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene. The mind is wholly passive in the reception of all its simple…Păs'sive-ly, adv. p. 955In a passive manner; unresistingly; with submissive temper; without action.Pās'sive-ness, n. p. 955The quality of being passive, or of receiving impressions from external agents or causes; as, the passiveness of matter. 2. Capacity of suffering; passibility. We shall lose our passiveness with our…Pas-sĭv′ĭ-ty, n. p. 955The quality of being passive; passiveness. [Rare.] Cheyne. 2. The tendency of a body to persevere in a given state, either of motion or rest, till disturbed by another body. Good. 3. (Chem.) The…Pāss'-kēy, n. p. 955A key for opening more locks than one; a master-key; a passe-partout.Pāss'less, a. p. 955Having no pass or passage. Cowley.Pāss’man, n. p. 955One who merely passes, without honor.Pass'ō-ver, n. p. 955(Jewish Antiq.) (a.) A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the providential escape of the Hebrews, in Egypt, when God, smiting the first-born of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the…Pāss'-pa-rōle', n. p. 955(MIL.) A command given at the head of an army, and communicated by word of mouth to the rear.Pāss'pōrt, n. p. 955A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war to certify their nationality, and protect them from belligerents; a sea-letter; also, a document given by the competent officer of a…Pāss'-word, n. p. 955A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watch-word. If he attempted to enter without pass-word, a blunderbuss was presented to him. Macaulay.Pās'sy-mēas/ure, n. p. 955An old, stately kind of dance; a cinque-pace. [Obs.] Shak.Pȧst, p. a. p. 955Not present or future; in time already passed or spent; gone by; elapsed; ended; accomplished. “The cited dead of all past ages.” Milton. The past, that which is past by, elapsed, or gone…Pȧst, prep. p. 955In position, manner, or degree beyond; further than; beyond the reach or influence of. Love, when once past government, is consequently past shame. L'Estrange. The author was galled past endurance by…Pȧst, adv. p. 955By. And at times, from the fortress across the bay, The alarum of drums swept past. Longfellow.Pāste, n. p. 955A soft composition of substances, as flour moistened with water or milk and kneaded, or earth moistened and formed to the consistence of dough, as in making potter’s ware. 2. Dough prepared for pies…Pāste, v. t. p. 955To unite or cement with paste; to fasten with paste. Watts.Pāste'bōard, n. p. 955A stiff, thick kind of paper board, formed of several single sheets pasted one upon another, or by macerating paper, and casting it in molds, &c., and used for a great variety of purposes. 2. A board…Păs'tel, n. p. 955A roll of paste, or a kind of paste made of different colors ground with gum-water, and used like a crayon; a roll of colored paste; a colored crayon. [Sometimes incorrectly written pastil.] 2. A…Păs'tern, n. p. 955The part of a horse’s leg between the fetlock joint and the hoof. The first phalanx of the foot is called the great pastern bone; the second, the small pastern, or the coronary; the third, the…Pās'tern-joint, n. p. 955The joint in a horse's leg next the foot.Pās-tĭc'ciō, n. p. 955A medley; an olio. [Rare.] Swinburne. 2. (Paint.) A picture painted by a master in a style dissimilar to that which he usually adopted. Brande.Pās'til or Pas-tille', n. p. 955(Pharmacy.) A small cone made of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, to be burned for cleansing and scenting the air of a room. 2. An aromatic or medicated drop or lozenge of sugar…Pās'time, n. p. 955That which amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion. “Their merry wakes and pastimes.” Milton. Syn.—Entertainment; amusement; recreation; diversion; sport; play.Pā's'time, v. i. p. 955To sport; to use diversion. [Rare.]Pās'ti-nū'ēa, n. p. 955(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the parsnip.Păs'tor, n. p. 955A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds. Dryden. 2. A minister of the gospel having the charge of a church and congregation; one who has the care of souls. 3. (Ornith.) A beautiful…Pās'tor-āge, n. p. 955The office or duty of a pastor; pastorate. Ch. Obs.Păs'tor-al, a. p. 955Pertaining to shepherds; as, a pastoral life; pastoral manners; — relating to the life of shepherds; as, a pastoral poem. 2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral…Pàs'tor-al, n. p. 955A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in imitation of the action of a shepherd, and in which the speakers take upon themselves the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic. A…Păs'to-rā'le, n. p. 956(Mus.) (a.) A composition in a rural, gentle style, as its name indicates, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time. (b.) A kind of dance; a figure used in a dance.Păs'tor-al-ly, adv. p. 956In the manner of a pastor.Păs'tor-ate, n. p. 956The office, state, or jurisdiction of a spiritual pastor.Păs'tor-less, a. p. 956Having no pastor.Păs'tor-ling, n. p. 956An inferior or insignificant pastor. [Rare.]Pā's'tor-ly, a. p. 956Becoming a pastor.Pās'tor-ship, n. p. 956The office or rank of pastor; pastorate. Bp. Bull.Pā'stry, n. p. 956Articles of food in general which are made of paste, or of which paste constitutes a principal ingredient, as pies, tarts, cake, and the like. 2. The place where pastry is made. [Obs.] Shak.Pās'try-cook, n. p. 956One whose occupation is to make and sell articles of food made of paste.Pāst'ür-a-ble, a. p. 956Fit for pasture.Pāst'ür-age, n. p. 956The business of feeding or grazing cattle. 2. Grazing ground; land appropriated to grazing. 3. Grass for feed.Pȧst'ūre, n. p. 956Food; nourishment. [Obs.] “Toads and frogs his pasture poisonous.” Spenser. 2. Specifically, grass for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing. 3. Ground covered with grass, to be…Pȧst'ūre, v. t. p. 956To feed on growing grass, or to supply grass for food; as, the farmer pastures fifty oxen; the land will pasture forty cows.Păst'ūre, v. i. p. 956To take food by eating grass from the ground; to graze.Pāst'ūre-less, a. p. 956Destitute of pasture.Pās'ty, a. p. 956Like paste; of the consistence of paste.