2. (R. C. Ch. & Gr. Ch.)
Defn: A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch.
3. A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively. The patriarch hoary, the sage of his kith and the hamlet. Longfellow. The monarch oak, the partiarch of trees. Dryde.
PATRIARCHALPa`tri*ar"chal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. patriarcal.]
1. Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a patriarchal church.
2. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable. About whose patriarchal knee Late the little children clung. Tennyson.
3. (Ethnol.)
Defn: Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations. Patriarchal cross (Her.), a cross, the shaft of which is intersected by two transverse beams, the upper one being the smaller. See Illust. (2) of Cross. — Patriarchal dispensation, the divine dispensation under which the patriarchs lived before the law given by Moses.
PATRIARCHATEPa`tri*ar"chate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. patriarcat.]
1. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch. Jer. Taylor.
2. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.
3. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal, a., 3.
PATRIARCHDOMPa"tri*arch*dom, n.
Defn: The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate. [R.]
PATRIARCHICPa`tri*ar"chic, a. Etym: [L. patriarchicus, Gr.
Defn: Patriarchal.
PATRIARCHISMPa"tri*arch*ism, n.
Defn: Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family.
PATRIARCHSHIPPa"tri*arch*ship, n.
Defn: A patriarchate. Ayliffe.
PATRIARCHYPa"tri*arch`y, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship. Brerewood.
2. Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.
PATRICIAN Pa*tri"cian, a. Etym: [L. patricius, fr. patres fathers or senators, pl. of pater: cf. F. patricien. See Paternal.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.
2. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth;noble; not plebeian.Born in the patrician file of society. Sir W. Scott.His horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood. Addison.
PATRICIANPa*tri"cian, n. Etym: [L. patricius: cf. F. patricien.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: Originally, a member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the nobility.
2. A person of high birth; a nobleman.
3. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore. [R.] Colridge.
PATRICIANISMPa*tri"cian*ism, n.
Defn: The rank or character of patricians.
PATRICIATEPa*tri"ci*ate, n.
Defn: The patrician class; the aristocracy; also, the office of patriarch. Milman.
PATRICIDALPat*ri"ci`dal, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to patricide; parricidal.
PATRICIDEPat*ri"cide, n. Etym: [L. pater father + caedere to kill. Cf.Parricide.]
1. The murderer of his father.
2. The crime of one who murders his father. Same as Parricide.
PATRIMONIALPat`ri*mo"ni*al, a. Etym: [L.patrimonialis: cf. F. patrimonial.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a patrimonial estate.
PATRIMONIALLYPat`ri*mo"ni*al*ly, adv.
Defn: By inheritance.
PATRIMONY Pat"ri*mo*ny, n.; pl. Patrimonies. Etym: [L. patrimonium, fr. pater father: cf. F. patrimoine. See Paternal.]
1. A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor. "'Reave the orphan of his patrimony." Shak.
2. Formerly, a church estate or endowment. Shipley.
PATRIOT Pa"tri*ot, n. Etym: [F. patriote; cf. Sp. patriota, It. patriotto; all fr. Gr. Father.]
Defn: One who loves his country, and zealously supports its authority and interests. Bp. Hall. Such tears as patriots shaed for dying laws. Pope.
PATRIOTPa"tri*ot, a.
Defn: Becoming to a patriot; patriotic.
PATRIOTICPa`tri*ot"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. patriotique, Gr.
Defn: Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance.
PATRIOTICALPa`tri*ot"ic*al, a.
Defn: Patriotic; that pertains to a patriot.— Pa`tri*ot"ic*al*ly, adv.
PATRIOTISMPa"tri*ot*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. patriotisme.]
Defn: Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country. Berkley.
PATRIOTS' DAYPa"tri*ots' Day.
Defn: A legal holiday in the States of Massachusetts and Maine, April 19, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington in 1775. It was first observed in 1894. [U. S.]
PATRIPASSIAN Pa`tri*pas"sian, n. Etym: [LL. Patripassiani, pl.; L. pater father + pati, passus, to suffer: cf. F. patripassiens.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent preëxistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian. — Pa`tri*pas"sian*ism, n.
PATRISTPa"trist, n.
Defn: One versed in patristics.
PATRISTIC; PATRISTICALPa*tris"tic, Pa*tris"tic*al, a. Etym: [F. patristique. See Paternal.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Fathers of the Christian church.The voluminous editor of Jerome anf of tons of patristic theology. I.Taylor.
PATRISTICSPa*tris"tics, n.
Defn: That departnent of historical theology which treats of the lives and doctrines of the Fathers of the church.
PATRIZATEPa"tri*zate, v. i. Etym: [L. patrissare, patrizare;cf. Gr.
Defn: To imitate one's father. [R.]
PATROCINATE Pa*troc"i*nate, v. t. Etym: [L. patrocinatus, p.p. of patrocinari to patronize, fr. patronus patron.]
Defn: To support; to patronize. [Obs.] Urquhart.
PATROCINATIONPa*troc`i*na"tion, n.
Defn: The act of patrocinating or patronizing. [Obs.] "Patrocinations of treason." Bp. Hall.
PATROCINYPa*troc"i*ny, n. Etym: [L. patrocinium.] [Obs.]
Defn: See Patrocination.
PATROL Pa*trol", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Patrolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Patrolling.] Etym: [F. patrouiller, O. & Prov. F. patrouiller to paddle, paw about, patrol, fr. patte a paw; cf. D. poot paw, G. pfote, and E. pat, v.]
Defn: To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
PATROLPa*trol", v.
Defn: t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.
PATROLPa*trol", n. Etym: [F. patrouille, OF. patouille. See Patrol, v. i.]
1. (Mil.) (a) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts. (b) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts. (c) The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
2. Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol. In France there is an army of patrols to secure her fiscal regulations. A. Hamilton.
PATROLEPa*trole", n. & v.
Defn: See Patrol, n. & v.
PATROLMANPa*trol"man, n.; pl. Patrolmen (.
Defn: One who patrols; a watchman; especially, a policeman who patrols a particular precinct of a town or city.
PATRONPa"tron, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. patronus, fr. pater a father. SeePaternal, and cf. Patroon, Padrone, Pattern.]
1. One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. "Patron of my life and liberty." Shak. "The patron of true holiness." Spenser.
2. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him. (b) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself. (c) An advocate or pleader. Let him who works the client wrong Beware the patron's ire. Macaulay.
3. One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.
4. (Eccl. Law)
Defn: One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. [Eng.]
5. A guardian saint. — called also patron saint.
6. (Naut.)
Defn: See Padrone, 2. Patrons of Husbandry, the grangers. SeeGranger, 2.
PATRONPa"tron, v. t.
Defn: To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. [Obs.] Sir T.Browne.
PATRONPa"tron, a.
Defn: Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary. Dryden. Patron saint (R. C. Ch.), a saint regarded as the peculiar protector of a country, community, church, profession, etc., or of an individual.
PATRONAGE Pa"tron*age, n. Etym: [F. patronage. Cf. LL. patronaticum, and L. patronatus.]
1. Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author.
2. Business custom. [Commercial Cant]
3. Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. Addison.
4. The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor.
5. (Eng. Law)
Defn: The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. Blackstone.
PATRONAGEPa"tron*age, v. t.
Defn: To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. [Obs.] Shak.
PATRONALPa"tron*al, a. Etym: [L. patronalis; cf. F. patronal.]
Defn: Patron; protecting; favoring. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
PATRONATEPa"tron*ate, n. Etym: [L. patronatus.]
Defn: The right or duty of a patron; patronage. [R.] Westm. Rev.
PATRONESSPa"tron*ess, n. Etym: [Cf. F. patronnesse.]
Defn: A female patron or helper. Spenser.Night, best patroness of grief. Milton.
PATRONIZATIONPa`tron*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of patronizing; patronage; support. [R.]
PATRONIZEPa"tron*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patronized; p. pr. & vb. n.Patronizing.]
1. To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid. The idea has been patronized by two States only. A. Hamilton.
2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer. [Commercial Cant]
3. To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; — used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals.
PATRONIZERPa"tron*i`zer, n.
Defn: One who patronizes.
PATRONIZINGPa"tron*i`zing, a.
Defn: Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another. — Pat"ron*i`zing*ly, adv. Thackeray.
PATRONLESSPa"tron*less, a.
Defn: Destitute of a patron.
PATRONOMAYOLOGYPa`tro*nom`a*yol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. onomatology.]
Defn: That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics.
PATRONYMICPa`tro*nym"ic, a. Etym: [L. patronymicus, Gr. patronymique.]
Defn: Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.
PATRONYMICPa`tro*nym"ic, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A modification of the father's name borne by the son; a name derived from that of a parent or ancestor; as, Pelides, the son of Peleus; Johnson, the son of John; Macdonald, the son of Donald; Paulowitz, the son of Paul; also, the surname of a family; the family name. M. A. Lower.
PATRONYMICALPa`tro*nym"ic*al, a.
Defn: Same as Patronymic.
PATROONPa*troon", n. Etym: [D. patroon a patron, a protector. See Patron.]
Defn: One of the proprietors of certain tracts of land with manorial privileges and right of entail, under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
PATROONSHIPPa*troon"ship, n.
Defn: The office of a patroon. Irving.
PATTE; PATTEE Pat`té", Pat*tee", a. Etym: [F. patté, fem. pattée, fr. patte paw, foot. Cf. Patten.] (Her.)
Defn: Narrow at the inner, and very broad at the other, end, or having its arms of that shape; — said of a cross. See Illust. (8) of Cross. [Written also paté, patee.]
PATTEMARPat"te*mar, n.
Defn: See Patamar.
PATTENPat"ten, n. Etym: [F. patin a high-heeled shoe, fr. patte paw, foot.Cf. Panton, Patté.]
1. A clog or sole of wood, usually supported by an iron ring, worn to raise the feet from the wet or the mud. The patten now supports each frugal dame. Gay.
2. A stilt. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
PATTENEDPat"ten*ed, a.
Defn: Wearing pattens. "Some pattened girl." Jane Austen.
PATTERPat"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pattering.]Etym: [Freq. of pat to strike gently.]
1. To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard. Thomson.
2. To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips. Tyndale. Etym: [In this sense, and in the following, perh. from paternoster.]
3. To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.] I've gone out and pattered to get money. Mayhew.
PATTERPat"ter, v. t.
1. To spatter; to sprinkle. [R.] "And patter the water about the boat." J. R. Drake.
2. Etym: [See Patter, v. i., 2.]
Defn: To mutter; as prayers.[The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers. Longfellow.To patter flash, to talk in thieves' cant. [Slang]
PATTERPat"ter, n.
1. A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.
2. Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
3. The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.
PATTERERPat"ter*er, n.
Defn: One who patters, or talks glibly; specifically, a street peddler. [Cant, Eng.]
PATTERNPat"tern, n. Etym: [OE. patron, F. patron, a patron, also, a pattern.See Patron.]
1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine. I will be the pattern of all patience. Shak.
2. A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance. He compares the pattern with the whole piece. Swift.
3. Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
4. Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
5. Something made after a model; a copy. Shak. The patterns of things in the heavens. Heb. ix. 23.
6. Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
7. (Founding)
Defn: A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it. Pattern box, chain, or cylinder (Figure Weaving), devices, in a loom, for presenting several shuttles to the picker in the proper succession for forming the figure. — Pattern card. (a) A set of samples on a card. (b) (Weaving) One of the perforated cards in a Jacquard apparatus. — Pattern reader, one who arranges textile patterns. — Pattern wheel (Horology), a count-wheel.
PATTERNPat"tern, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patterned; p. pr. & vb. n. Patterning.]
1. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate. Milton. [A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise. Sir T. Herbert.
2. To serve as an example for; also, to parallel. To pattern after, to imitate; to follow.
PATTINSON'S PROCESSPat"tin*son's proc"ess. (Metal.)
Defn: A process of desilverizing argentiferous lead by repeated meltings and skimmings, which concentrate the silver in the molten bath, the final skimmings being nearly pure lad. The processwas invented in 1833 by Hugh Lee Pattinson, an English metallurgist.
PATTYPat"ty, n.; pl. Patties. Etym: [F. pâté. See Pasty.]
Defn: A little pie.
PATTYPANPat"ty*pan`, n.
1. A pan for baking patties.
2. A patty. [Obs.]
PATULOUSPat"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. patulus, fr. patere to be open, extend.]
Defn: Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers. The eyes are large and patulous. Sir J. Hill.
PAUPau, n.
Defn: See Pah.
PAUCILOQUENTPau*cil"o*quent, a.
Defn: Uttering few words; brief in speech. [R.]
PAUCILOQUY Pau*cil"o*quy, n. Etym: [L. pauciloquium; paucus little + loqui to speak.]
Defn: Brevity in speech. [R.]
PAUCISPIRALPau`ci*spi"ral, a. Etym: [L. paucus few + E. spiral.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum or shell.
PAUCITY Pau"ci*ty, n. Etym: [L. paucitas, fr. paucus few, little: cf. F. paucité See Few.]
1. Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity. Hooker. Revelation denies it by the stern reserve, the paucity, and the incompleteness, of its communications. I. Taylor.
2. Smallnes of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood. Sir T. Browne.
PAUGIE; PAUGY Pau"gie, Pau"gy, n.; pl. Paugies. Etym: [Corrupted from Amer. Indian mishcuppauog. See Scup.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The scup. See Porgy, and Scup.
PAUHAUGENPau*hau"gen, n. Etym: [North Amer. Indian.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The menhaden; — called also poghaden.
PAULPaul, n.
Defn: See Pawl.
PAULPaul, n.
Defn: An Italian silver coin. See Paolo.
PAULDRONPaul"dron, n. Etym: [See Powldron.] (Mil. Antiq.)
Defn: A piece of armor covering the shoulder at the junction of the body piece and arm piece.
PAULIAN; PAULIANISTPau"li*an, Pau"li*an*ist, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: A follower of Paul of Samosata, a bishop of Antioch in the third century, who was deposed for denying the divinity of Christ.
PAULICIANPau"li*cian, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of a sect of Christian dualists originating in Armenia in the seventh century. They rejected the Old Testament and the part of the New.
PAULINPau"lin, n. (Naut.)
Defn: See Tarpaulin.
PAULINEPau"line, a. Etym: [L. Paulinus, fr. Paulus Paul.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the apostle Paul, or his writings; resembling, or conforming to, the writings of Paul; as, the Pauline epistles; Pauline doctrine. My religion had always been Pauline. J. H. Newman.
PAULISTPaul"ist, n. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: A member of The Institute of the Missionary Priests of St. Paul the Apostle, founded in 1858 by the Rev. I. T. Hecker of New York. The majority of the members were formerly Protestants.
PAULOWNIAPau*low"ni*a, n. Etym: [NL. So named from the Russian princess AnnaPavlovna.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of trees of the order Scrophulariaceæ, consisting of one species, Paulownia imperialis.
Note: The tree is native to Japan, and has immense heart-shaped leaves, and large purplish flowers in panicles. The capsules contain many little winged seeds, which are beautiful microscopic objects. The tree is hardy in America as far north as Connecticut.
PAUMPaum, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Palm to cheat.]
Defn: To palm off by fraud; to cheat at cards. [Obs.] Swift.
PAUNCEPaunce, n. Etym: [See Pansy.] (Bot.)
Defn: The pansy. "The pretty paunce." Spenser.
PAUNCHPaunch, n. Etym: [OF. panch, pance, F. panse, L. pantex, panticis.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: A paunch mat; — called also panch.
3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. Paunch mat (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.
PAUNCHPaunch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paunched; p. pr. & vb. n. Paunching.]
1. To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel. Shak.
2. To stuff with food. [Obs.] Udall.
PAUNCHYPaunch"y, a.
Defn: Pot-bellied. [R.] Dickens.
PAUNEPaune, n.
Defn: A kind of bread. See Pone.
PAUPERPau"per, n. Etym: [L. See Poor.]
Defn: A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor.
PAUPERISMPau"per*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. paupérisme.]
Defn: The state of being a pauper; the state of indigent persons requiring support from the community. Whatly.
Syn.— Poverty; indigence; penury; want; need; destitution. See Poverty.
PAUPERIZATIONPau`per*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act or process of reducing to pauperism. C. Kingsley.
PAUPERIZEPau"per*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pauperized; p. pr. & vb. n.Pauperizing.]
Defn: To reduce to pauperism; as, to pauperize the peasantry.
PAUROPODAPau*rop"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -poda.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of small myriapods having only nine pairs of legs and destitute of tracheæ.
PAUSEPause, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. pausa. See Pose.]
1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
2. Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt. I stand in pause where I shall first begin. Shak.
3. In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.
4. In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses.
5. A break or paragraph in writing. He writes with warmth, which usually neglects method, and those partitions and pauses which men educated in schools observe. Locke.
6. (Mus.)
Defn: A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
Syn.— Stop; cessation; suspension.
PAUSEPause, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paused; p. pr. & vb. n. Pausing.] Etym:[Cf. F. pauser, L. pausare. See Pause, n., Pose.]
1. To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest. "Tarry, pause a day or two." Shak. Pausing while, thus to herself she mused. Milton.
2. To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
3. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. [R.] Why doth the Jew pause Take thy forfeiture. Shak.
4. To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect. [R.] "Take time to pause." Shak. To pause upon, to deliberate concerning. Shak.
Syn.— To intermit; stop; stay; wait; delay; tarry; hesitate; demur.
PAUSEPause, v. t.
Defn: To cause to stop or rest; — used reflexively. [R.] Shak.
PAUSERPaus"er, n.
Defn: One who pauses. Shak.
PAUSINGLYPaus"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: With pauses; haltingly. Shak.
PAUXIPaux"i, n. Etym: [From the native name: cf. Sp. pauji.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A curassow (Ourax pauxi), which, in South America, is often domesticated.
PAVAGEPav"age, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pavage.]
Defn: See Pavage. [R.]
PAVAN Pav"an, n. Etym: [F. pavane; cf. It. & Sp. pavana, and Sp. pavon, pavo, a peacock, L. pavo.]
Defn: A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; — so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock. [Written also pavane, paven, pavian, and pavin.]
PAVEPa`vé", n. Etym: [F., from paver to pave. See Pave.]
Defn: The pavement. Nymphe du pavé ([A low euphemism.]
PAVE Pave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paved; p. pr. & vb. n. Paving.] Etym: [F. paver to pave, LL. pavare, from L. pavire to beat, ram, or tread down; cf. Gr.
1. To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court. With silver paved, and all divine with gold. Dryden. To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways. Gay.
2. Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an enterprise. It might open and pave a prepared way to his own title. Bacon.
PAVEMENTPave"ment, n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. pavamentum, L. pavimentum. SeePave.]
Defn: That with which anythingis paved; a floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative interior floor of tiles or colored bricks. The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold. Milton. Pavement teeth (Zoöl.), flattened teeth which in certain fishes, as the skates and cestracionts, are arranged side by side, like tiles in a pavement.
PAVEMENTPave"ment, v. t.
Defn: To furnish with a pavement; to pave. [Obs.] "How richly pavemented!" Bp. Hall.
PAVENPav"en, n.
Defn: See Pavan.
PAVERPav"er, n.
Defn: One who paves; one who lays a pavement. [Written also pavier and pavior.]
PAVESADEPav`e*sade", n. Etym: [F. See Pavise.]
Defn: A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in a naval engagement, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.
PAVESE; PAVESSEPa*vese", Pa*vesse", n.
Defn: Pavise. [Obs.]
PAVIAGEPa"vi*age, n. (Law)
Defn: A contribution or a tax for paving streets or highways.Bouvier.
PAVIANPav"i*an
Defn: , n. See Pavan.
PAVIDPav"id, a. Etym: [L. pavidus, from pavere to be afraid.]
Defn: Timid; fearful. [R.] Thackeray.
PAVIDITYPa*vid"i*ty, n.
Defn: Timidity. [R.]
PAVIERPav"ier, n.
Defn: A paver.
PAVIINPa"vi*in, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A glucoside found in species of the genus Pavia of the Horse- chestnut family.
PAVILION Pa*vil"ion, n. Etym: [F. pavillon, fr. L. pavilio a butterfly, also, a tent, because spread out like a butterfly's wings.]
1. A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts. "[The] Greeks do pitch their brave pavilions." Shak.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile.
3. (Mil.)
Defn: A flag, colors, ensign, or banner.
4. (Her.)
Defn: Same as Tent (Her.)
5. That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant.
6. (Anat.)
Defn: The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of theFallopian tube.
7. A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky. The pavilion of heaven is bare. Shelley.
PAVILIONPa*vil"ion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pavilioned; p. pr. & vb. n.Pavilioning.]
Defn: To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents.The field pavilioned with his guardians bright. Milton.
PAVINPav"in, n.
Defn: See Pavan.
PAVINGPav"ing, n.
1. The act or process of laying a pavement, or covering some place with a pavement.
2. A pavement.
PAVIORPav"ior, n.
1. One who paves; a paver.
2. A rammer for driving paving stones.
3. A brick or slab used for paving.
PAVISE Pa*vise, n. Etym: [OF. pavaix, F. pavois; cf. It. pavese, LL. pavense; perh. named from Pavia in Italy.] (Mil. Antiq.)
Defn: A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it. [Written also pavais, pavese, and pavesse.] Fairholt.
PAVISORPa*vis"or, n. (Mil. Antiq.)
Defn: A soldier who carried a pavise.
PAVOPa"vo, n. Etym: [L., a peacock. See Peacock.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of birds, including the peacocks.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: The Peacock, a constellation of the southern hemisphere.
PAVONPa"von, n.
Defn: A small triangular flag, esp. one attached to a knight's lance; a pennon.
PAVONEPa*vone", n. Etym: [Cf. It. pavone, Sp. pavon, fr. L. pavo.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A peacock. [Obs.] Spenser.
PAVONIANPa*vo"ni*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a peacock. [R.] Southey.
PAVONINEPav"o*nine, a. Etym: [L. pavoninus, fr. pavo a peacock. See Peacock.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like, or pertaining to, the genus Pavo.
2. Characteristic of a peacock; resembling the tail of a peacock, as in colors; iridescent. P. Cleaveland.
PAWPaw, n. Etym: [OE. pawe, poue, OF. poe: cf. patte, LG. pote, D. poot,G. pfote.]
1. The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.
2. The hand. [Jocose] Dryden. Paw clam (Zoöl.), the tridacna; — so called because shaped like an animal's paw.
PAWPaw, v. i.
Defn: To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. Job xxxix. 21.
PAWPaw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pawing.]
1. To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
2. To scrape or beat with the forefoot. His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane. Tickell.
PAWKPawk, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small lobster. Travis.
PAWKYPaw"ky, a. Etym: [Cf. AS. pæcean to deceive.]
Defn: Arch; cunning; sly. [Scot.] Jamieson.
PAWLPawl, n. Etym: [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. Pole a stake.] (Mach.)
Defn: A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel. [Written also paul, or pall.] Pawl bitt (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass, to receive the strain of the pawls. — Pawl rim or ring (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the pawls to catch in.
PAWLPawl, v. t.
Defn: To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off. To pawl the capstan. See under Capstan.
PAWNPawn, n.
Defn: See Pan, the masticatory.
PAWNPawn, n. Etym: [OE. paune, poun, OF. peon, poon, F. pion, LL. pedo afoot soldier, fr. L. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Pioneer,Peon.] (Chess)
Defn: A man or piece of the lowest rank.
PAWN Pawn, n. Etym: [OF. pan pledge, assurance, skirt, piece, F. pan skirt, lappet, piece, from L. pannus. See Pane.]
1. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1. As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not take pawns without use [i.e., interest]. Bacon.
2. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.[R.]Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown. Shak.As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness. Donne.
3. A stake hazarded in a wager. [Poetic] My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies. Shak. In pawn, At pawn, in the state of being pledged. "Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn." Shak. — Pawn ticket, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.
PAWNPawn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Pawning.]
1. To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch. And pawned the last remaining piece of plate. Dryden.
2. To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard. Pawning his honor to obtain his lust. Shak.
PAWNABLEPawna*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being pawned.
PAWNBROKERPawn"bro`ker, n.
Defn: One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.
PAWNBROKINGPawn"bro`king, n.
Defn: The business of a pawnbroker.
PAWNEEPawn*ee", n. (Law)
Defn: One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.
PAWNEESPaw`nees", n. pl.; sing. Pawnee (. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani.
PAWNER; PAWNORPawn"er, Pawn*or", n. (Law)
Defn: One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt.
PAWPAWPaw`paw", n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Papaw.
PAXPax, n. Etym: [L. pax peace. See Peace.]
1. (Eccl.)
Defn: The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.
2. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: A tablet or board, on which is a representation of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediæval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc. Kiss the pax, and be quiet like your neighbors. Chapman.
PAXILLOSEPax"il*lose`, a. Etym: [L. paxillus a small stake.] (Geol.)
Defn: Resembling a little stake.
PAXILLUSPax*il"lus, n.; pl. Paxilli. Etym: [L., a peg.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.
PAXWAX Pax"wax`, n. Etym: [For faxvax, fr. AS. fea hair (akin to OHG. fahs) + weaxan to grow. See Wax to grow, and cf. Faxed, Pectinate.] (Anat.)
Defn: The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebræ, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax.
PAXYWAXYPax"y*wax`y, n. (Anat.)
Defn: See Paxwax.
PAY Pay, v. t. Etym: [OF. peier, fr. L. picare to pitch, i pitch: cf. OF. peiz pitch, F. poix. See Pitch a black substance.] (Naut.)
Defn: To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
PAY Pay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paid; p. pr. & vb. n. Paying.] Etym: [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See Peace.]
1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants. May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy]. P. Plowman. [She] pays me with disdain. Dryden.
2. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon. For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you. B. Jonson.
3. To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed). "Pay me that thou owest." Matt. xviii. 28. Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Matt. xviii. 26. If they pay this tax, they starve. Tennyson.
4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised. This day have I paid my vows. Prov. vii. 14.
5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit. Not paying me a welcome. Shak. To pay off. (a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off the crew of a ship. (b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind. — To pay one's duty, to render homage, as to a sovereign or other superior. — To pay out (Naut.), to pass out; hence, to slacken; to allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable. See under Cable. — To pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble. [Colloq.]
PAYPay, v. i.
Defn: To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again. Ps. xxxvii. 21.
2. Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays. To pay for. (a) To make amends for; to atone for; as, men often pay for their mistakes with loss of property or reputation, sometimes with life. (b) To give an equivalent for; to bear the expense of; to be mulcted on account of. 'T was I paid for your sleeps; I watched your wakings. Beau. & Fl. — To pay off. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail. — To pay on. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] To beat with vigor; to redouble blows. [Colloq.] — To pay round Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) To turn the ship's head.
PAYPay, n.
1. Satisfaction; content. Chaucer.
2. An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier. Where only merit constant pay receives. Pope. There is neither pay nor plunder to be got. L'Estrange. Full pay, the whole amount of wages or salary; maximum pay; especially, the highest pay or allowance to civil or military officers of a certain rank, without deductions. — Half pay. See under Half. — Pay day, the day of settlement of accounts. — Pay dirt (Mining), earth which yields a profit to the miner. [Western U.S.] — Pay office, a place where payment is made. — Pay roll, a roll or list of persons entitled to payment, with the amounts due.
PAYABLEPay"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. payable. Cf. Pacable.]
1. That may, can, or should be paid; suitable to be paid; justly due. Drayton. Thanks are a tribute payable by the poorest. South.
2. (Law) (a) That may be discharged or settled by delivery of value. (b) Matured; now due.
PAY CERPSPay Cerps.
Defn: A staff corps in the United States navy, consisting of pay directors, pay inspectors, paymasters, passed assistant paymasters, and assistant paymasters, having relative rank from captain to ensign, respectively.
PAY DIRT; PAY ROCKPay dirt, Pay rock, etc. (Mining)
Defn: Earth, rock, etc., which yields a profit to the miner. [WesternU. S.]
PAYEEPay*ee", n.
Defn: The person to whom money is to be, or has been, paid; the person named in a bill or note, to whom, or to whose order, the amount is promised or directed to be paid. See Bill of exchange, under Bill.
PAYENPay"en, n. & a.
Defn: Pagan. Etym: [F.] [Obs.] Chaucer.
PAYERPay"er, n.
Defn: One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.
PAYMASTERPay"mas`ter, n.
Defn: One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keep account of the same.
PAYMASTER-GENERALPay"mas`ter-gen"er*al.
1. (a) (Mil.) In the United States army, an officer of the rank of brigadier general, who commands the pay department, which is charged with the payment of the officers and men. (b) (Nav.) In the United States navy, the Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, who has charge of the payment of officers and men and their clothing and subsistence. He has the rank of rear admiral.
2. In Great Britain, an officer of the Treasury who makes all payments and disbursements, civil as well as military. He is a member of the ministry, but not of the cabinet.
PAYMENTPay"ment, n. Etym: [F. payment, paiement. See Pay to requite.]
1. The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation. No man envieth the payment of a debt. Bacon.
2. That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise; reward; recompense; requital; return. Shak.
3. Punishment; chastisement. [R.]
PAYNPayn, n. Etym: [OF. & F. pain, fr. L. panis bread.]
Defn: Bread. Having Piers Plowman.
PAYNDEMAIN Payn`de*main", n. Etym: [OF. pain bread + demaine manorial, lordly, own, private. See Payn, and Demesne. Said to be so called from the figure of our Lord impressed upon it.]
Defn: The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; — called also paynemain, payman. [Obs.]
PAYNE'S PROCESSPayne's process.
Defn: A process for preserving timber and rendering it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of sulphate of iron and calcium chloride in vacuo. —Payn"ize, v. t.
PAYNIMPay"nim, n & a.
Defn: See Painim.
PAYNIZEPayn"ize, v. t. Etym: [From Mr. Payne, the inventor.]
Defn: To treat or preserve, as wood, by a process resembling kyanizing.
PAYORPay*or", n. (Law)
Defn: See Payer. [R.]
PAYSEPayse, v. t.
Defn: To poise. [Obs.] Spenser.
PAY STREAKPay streak.
1. (Mining) The zone, parallel to the walls of a vein, in which the ore is concentrated, or any narrow streak of paying ore in less valuable material.
2. (Oil Boring) A stratum of oil sand thick enough to make a well pay.
PAYTINEPay"tine, n. (Chem.)
Defn: An alkaloid obtained from a white bark resembling that of the cinchona, first brought from Payta, in Peru.
PEAPea, n. Etym: [OF. peis. See Poise.]
Defn: The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also pee.]
PEAPea, n. (Naut.)
Defn: See Peak, n., 3.
PEAPea, n.; pl. Peas or Pease. Etym: [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF.peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. s was misunderstood inEnglish as a plural ending. Cf. Pease.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod.
Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of, the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the form peas being used in both senses.
2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos, Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed.
Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or lessclosely related to the common pea. See the Phrases, below. Beach pea(Bot.), a seashore plant, Lathyrus maritimus.— Black-eyed pea, a West Indian name for Dolichos sphærospermus andits seed.— Butterfly pea, the American plant Clitoria Mariana, having showyblossoms.— Chick pea. See Chick-pea.— Egyptian pea. Same as Chick-pea.— Everlasting pea. See under Everlasting.— Glory pea. See under Glory, n.— Hoary pea, any plant of the genus Tephrosia; goat's rue.— Issue pea, Orris pea. (Med.) See under Issue, and Orris.— Milk pea. (Bot.) See under Milk.— Pea berry, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows single,and is round or pea-shaped; often used adjectively; as, pea-berrycoffee.— Pea bug. (Zoöl.) Same as Pea weevil.— Pea coal, a size of coal smaller than nut coal.— Pea crab (Zoöl.), any small crab of the genus Pinnotheres, livingas a commensal in bivalves; esp., the European species (P. pisum)which lives in the common mussel and the cockle.— Pea dove (Zoöl.), the American ground dove.— Pea-flower tribe (Bot.), a suborder (Papilionaceæ) of leguminousplants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea. G. Bentham.— Pea maggot (Zoöl.), the larva of a European moth (Tortrix pisi),which is very destructive to peas.— Pea ore (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in roundgrains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore.— Pea starch, the starch or flour of the common pea, which issometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc.— Pea tree (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of thegenus Caragana, natives of Siberia and China.— Pea vine. (Bot.) (a) Any plant which bears peas. (b) A kind ofvetch or tare, common in the United States (Lathyrus Americana, andother similar species).— Pea weevil (Zoöl.), a small weevil (Bruchus pisi) which destroyspeas by eating out the interior.— Pigeon pea. (Bot.) See Pigeon pea.— Sweet pea (Bot.), the annual plant Lathyrus odoratus; also, itsmany-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.
PEABIRDPea"bird`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The wryneck; — so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]
PEABODY BIRDPea"bod*y bird`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having a conspicuous white throat. The name is imitative of its note. Called also White-throated sparrow.
PEACE Peace, n. Etym: [OE. pees, pais, OF. pais, paiz, pes, F. paix, L. pax, pacis, akin to pacere, paciscere, pacisci, to make an agreement, and prob. also pangere to fasten. Cf. Appease, Fair, a., Fay, v., Fang, Pacify, Pact, Pay to requite.]
Defn: A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose; specifically: (a) Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies. (b) Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law. (c) Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience. (d) Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord. "The eternal love and pees." Chaucer.
Note: Peace is sometimes used as an exclamation in commanding silence, quiet, or order. "Peace! foolish woman." Shak. At peace, in a state of peace. — Breach of the peace. See under Breach. — Justice of the peace. See under Justice. — Peace of God. (Law) (a) A term used in wills, indictments, etc., as denoting a state of peace and good conduct. (b) (Theol.) The peace of heart which is the gift of God. — Peace offering. (a) (Jewish Antiq.) A voluntary offering to God in token of devout homage and of a sense of friendly communion with Him. (b) A gift or service offered as satisfaction to an offended person. — Peace officer, a civil officer whose duty it is to preserve the public peace, to prevent riots, etc., as a sheriff or constable. — To hold one's peace, to be silent; to refrain from speaking. — To make one's peace with, to reconcile one with, to plead one's cause with, or to become reconciled with, another. "I will make your peace with him." Shak.
PEACEPeace, v. t. & i.
Defn: To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop. [R.] "Peace your tattlings." Shak. When the thunder would not peace at my bidding. Shak.
PEACEABLEPeace"a*ble, a. Etym: [OE. peisible, F. paisible.]
Defn: Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or notdisposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome.— Peace"a*ble*ness, n.— Peace"a*bly, adv.
Syn. — Peaceful; pacific; tranquil; quiet; mild; undisturbed; serene; still. — Peaceable, Peaceful. Peaceable describes the state of an individual, nation, etc., in reference to external hostility, attack, etc.; peaceful, in respect to internal disturbance. The former denotes "in the spirit of peace;" latter; "in the possession or enjoyment of peace." A peaceable adjustment of difficulties; a peaceful life, scene.
PEACEBREAKERPeace"break`er, n.
Defn: One who disturbs the public peace.— Peace"break`ing, n.
PEACEFULPeace"ful, a.
1. Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end.
2. Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; as, peaceful words.
Syn.— See Peaceable. —Peace"ful*ly, adv..— Peace"ful*ness, n.
PEACELESSPeace"less, a.
Defn: Without peace; disturbed. Sandys.
PEACEMAKERPeace"mak`er, n.
Defn: One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance. Matt. v. 9. —Peace"mak`ing, n.
PEACHPeach, v. t. Etym: [See Appeach, Impeach.]
Defn: To accuse of crime; to inform against. [Obs.] Foxe.
PEACHPeach, v. i.
Defn: To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice. [Obs. or Colloq.]If I be ta'en, I'll peach for this. Shak.
PEACHPeach, n. Etym: [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F. pêche, fr. LL.persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian apple, a peach. Cf.Persian, and Parsee.] (Bot.)
Defn: A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree which bears it (Prunus, or Amygdalus Persica). In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible. Guinea, or Sierra Leone, peach, the large edible berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa. — Palm peach, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree (Bactris speciosa). — Peach color, the pale red color of the peach blossom. — Peach-tree borer (Zoöl.), the larva of a clearwing moth (Ægeria, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family Ægeriidæ, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under Borer.
PEACHBLOWPeach"blow`, a. (Ceramics)
Defn: Of the delicate purplish pink color likened to that of peach blooms; — applied esp. to a Chinese porcelain, small specimens of which bring great prices in the Western countries.
PEACH-COLOREDPeach"-col`ored, a.
Defn: Of the color of a peach blossom. "Peach-colored satin." Shak.
PEACHERPeach"er, n.
Defn: One who peaches. [Low] Foxe.
PEACHICKPea"chick`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The chicken of the peacock.
PEACHYPeach"y, a.
Defn: Resembling a peach or peaches.
PEACOCK Pea"cock`, n. Etym: [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from AS. peá, pawa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Gr. taus, tawus, Ar. tawu. See Cock the bird.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies.
Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden colors. The common domesticated species is Pavo cristatus. The Javan peacock (P. muticus) is more brilliantly colored than the common species.
2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl. Peacock butterfly (Zoöl.), a handsome European butterfly (Hamadryas Io) having ocelli like those of peacock. — Peacock fish (Zoöl.), the European blue-striped wrasse (Labrus variegatus); — so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also cook wrasse and cook. — Peacock pheasant (Zoöl.), any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectron. They resemble the peacock in color.
PEACOCK THRONEPea"cock` Throne.
1. A famous throne formerly of the kings of Delhi, India, but since 1739, when it was carried off by Nadir Shah, held by the shahs of Persia (later Iran); — so called from its bearing a fully expanded peacock's tail done in gems.