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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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Păt'ter, v. i. p. 958To strike, as falling drops of water or hail, with a quick succession of small sounds; as, pattering hail. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard. Thomson.Păt'ter, v. t. p. 958To cause to strike or beat in drops, as water; to spatter; to sprinkle. “And patter the water about the boat.” Drake. 2. To repeat in a muttering manner, as prayers; to mumble and run over in…Păt'ter, n. p. 958A quick succession of small sounds; as, the patter of rain. 2. A speech or discourse. [Cant.]Păt'ter-er, n. p. 958One who makes harangues; a discourser; as, a patterer of flash. [Cant.]Păt'tern, n. p. 958An original or model proposed for imitation; the archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be copied or imitated, either in things or in actions; as, the pattern of a machine. 2. A part showing the…Păt'tern, v. t. p. 958To make an imitation of some model; to copy. Judge whether that king's reign be a fit time from whence to pattern out the constitution of a church discipline. Milton. 2. To serve as an example to be…Păt'tern-cārd, n. p. 958A set of samples on a card, as of muslins, &c. Simmonds.Pát'ty, n. p. 958A little pie.Păt'ty-păn, n. p. 958A pan to bake a little pie in. 2. A patty. [Obs.]Păt'ū-lōūs, a. p. 958Open; expanded; slightly spreading; as, a patulous calyx; bearing the flowers loose or dispersed; as, a patulous peduncle. “The eyes are large and patulous.” Hill.Pau-ci'l'o-quent, a. p. 958Uttering few words; speaking briefly. [Rare.]Pau-cil'o-quy, n. p. 958The utterance of few words. [Rare.]Pau'ci-ty, n. p. 958Fewness; smallness of number. Revelation denies it by the stern reserve, the paucity, and the incompleteness, of its communications. I. Taylor. 2. Smallness of quantity; exiguity; as, paucity of…Pau'gie, n. p. 958(Ichth.) A kind of fish; the porgy. See PORGY.Pa-u-ha'gen, n. p. 958A kind of fish; the menhaden. [Written also pohagen.]Paul, n. p. 958An Italian coin; a paolo. See PAOLO. 2. A pawl. See PAWL. Simmonds.Pau'li-an or Pau'li-an-ist, n. p. 958(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Paul of Samosata, who was bishop of Antioch toward the end of the third century, but was deposed for his heretical opinions. Eadie.Pau-li'ci-an, n. p. 958(Eccl. Hist.) One of a certain sect which originated in Armenia in the seventh century, who believed in two original principles, combining with this dualism a high value for the universal use of the…Pau'line, a. p. 958Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, Paul or his writings; as, the Pauline epistles.Päum, v. t. p. 958To impose by fraud;—a corruption of palm. [Obs.]Pāunce, n. p. 958A pansy. See PANSY. [Obs.] Swift.Paunch, n. p. 958(Naut.) A thick mat fastened on yards, &c., to prevent friction.Paunch or Päunch, n. p. 958The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first and largest stomach of a ruminant quadruped, into which the food is received before rumination.Paunch or Pāunch, v. t. p. 958To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate. Shak.Pāune, n. p. 958A kind of food consisting of Indian meal made into dough and baked; — so called by the Indians. [Written also pone.]Pau'per, n. p. 958A poor person; especially, one so indigent as to depend on charity for maintenance; or one supported by some public provision.Pau'per-ism, n. p. 958The state of being a pauper, or destitute of the means of support; the state of indigent persons requiring support from the community. Syn. — Poverty; indigence; penury; want; need. See POVERTY.Pau'per-i-zā'tion, n. p. 958The act or process of reducing to pauperism.Pau'per-ize, v. t. p. 958To reduce to pauperism.Pau-sā'tion, n. p. 958The act of pausing; stop; rest. [Obs.] Chaucer.Pause, n. p. 958A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action, of speaking, singing, playing, or the like; cessation; stop. 2. Cessation proceeding from doubt; suspense; hesitation. I stand in pause where I…Pause, v. i. p. 958To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or action; to forbear for a while; to stop; to wait. Tarry, pause a day or two, Before you hazard. Shak. Pausing a while, thus to…Paus'er, n. p. 958One who pauses; one who deliberates.Paus'ing-ly, adv. p. 958With pauses; by breaks. Shak.Pa-vāde', n. p. 958A short dagger. [Obs.]Pāv'age, n. p. 958Money paid for paving. [Rare.]Pāv'an, n. p. 958A grave dance among the Spaniards, in which the performers make a kind of wheel before each other, the gentlemen dancing with cap and sword, princes with long robes, and the ladies with long trails…Pavé, n. p. 958The pavement. Nymphe du pavé, a street-walker; a common prostitute.Pāve, v. t. p. 958To lay or cover with stone or brick, so as to make a level or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or foot passengers; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street…Pāve'ment, n. p. 958That with which any thing is paved; a floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient passage.Pāve'ment, v. t. p. 958To furnish with a pavement; to pave; to floor with stone or brick. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Pāv'en, n. p. 958See PAVAN.Pāv'er, n. p. 958One who lays stones for a pavement; one whose occupation is to pave. [Written also pavier and paveor.]Pāv'e-sāde', n. p. 958A sort of screen, made of canvas, extended along the side of a vessel in a naval engagement, to prevent the enemy from seeing what is done on board.Pa-vēse', n. p. 958The same as PAVISE, q. v. [Obs.]Pa-vēse', v. t. p. 958To cover or protect with a pavese or pavise. [Obs.]Pa-vēsse', n. p. 958The same as PAVISE, q. v.Pā'vi-age, n. p. 958(Law.) A contribution or tax for paving the streets or highways. Bouvier.Pāv'i-an, n. p. 958See PAVAN.Pāv'id, a. p. 958Timid. [Obs.]Pa-vid'i-ty, n. p. 959Fearfulness. [Obs.]Pāv'ier, n. p. 959A paver. See PAVER.Pa-vil'ion, n. p. 959A temporary movable habitation; a tent. But, when the old cathedral bell Proclaimed the morning prayer, The white pavilions rose and fell On the alarmed air. Longfellow. 2. (Arch.) A kind of building…Pa-vil'ion, v. t. p. 959To furnish or cover with tents; to shelter with a tent.Pā'ving, n. p. 959Pavement; a floor of stones or bricks.Pāv'ior, n. p. 959One who paves; a paver.Pa-vīse', n. p. 959(Mil. Antiq.) A large shield covering the whole body, having an inward curve, managed by a pavisor, who with it screened an archer. [Written also pavais, pavese, and pavesse.] Fairholt.Pa-vis'or, n. p. 959A soldier who manages a pavise.Pā'vo, n. p. 959(Ornith.) A genus of birds, including the peacock. 2. (Astron.) A constellation of the southern hemisphere.Pā'von, n. p. 959An ancient military flag, shaped like a right-angled triangle. Fairholt.