Webster's Dictionary 1913

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P

P (pē), the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the a...

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Pa

Pa (pä), n. A shortened form of Papa.

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Paage

Pa″age (pā″ā̍j; 48), n. [OF. paage, paiage, F. péage, fr. (assumed) LL. pedaticum, fr. L. pes, pedis, foot. See Pedage, Pedal.] (O. Eng. Law) A toll for passage over another per...

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Paard

‖Paard (pärd), n. The zebra.

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Paas

Paas (päs), n. Pace Chaucer

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Paas (2)

Paas (pa̤s), n. [D. paash. See Pasch.] The Easter festival. Bartlett.Paas egg. See Easter egg, under Easter.

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Pabular

Pab″u‐lar (?), a. [L. pabularis.] Of, pertaining to, or fit for, pabulum or food; affording food.

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Pabulation

Pab′u‐la″tion (?), n. [L. pabulatio, fr. pabulari to feed, fr. pabulum food. See Pabulum.]1. The act of feeding, or providing food. Cockeram.2. Food; fodder; pabulum.

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Pabulous

Pab″u‐lous (?), a. [L. pabulosus.] Affording pabulum, or food; alimental. Sir T. Browne.

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Pabulum

Pab″u‐lum (?), n. [L., akin to pascere to pasture. See Pastor.] The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for ...

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Pac

Pac (?), n. A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up and sewed to the upper. Knight.

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Paca

Pa″ca (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small South American rodent (Cœlogenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is n...

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Pacable

Pa″ca‐ble (?), a. [L. pacare to pacify.] Placable. Coleridge.

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Pacane

Pa‐cane″ (?), n.(Bot.) A species of hickory. See Pecan.

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Pacate

Pa″cate (?), a. [L. pacatus, p. p. of pacare to pacify, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See Pay to requite, Peace.] Appeased; pacified; tranquil.

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Pacated

Pa″ca‐ted (?), a. Pacified; pacate.

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Pacation

Pa‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. pacatio.] The act of pacifying; a peacemaking. Coleridge.

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Pace

Pace (pās), n. [OE. pas, F. pas, from L. passus a step, pace, orig., a stretching out of the feet in walking; cf. pandere, passum, to spread, stretch; perh. akin to E. patent. C...

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Pace (2)

Pace (pās), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Paced (pāst); p. pr. & vb. n.Pacing (pā″sĭng).] 1. To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps. “I paced on slowly.” Pope...

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Pace (3)

Pace, v. t. 1. To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round. “Pacing light the velvet plain.” T. Warton.2. To measure by steps or...

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Paced

Paced (?), a. Having, or trained in, a pace or gait; trained; — used in composition; as, slow-paced; a thorough-paced villain.

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Pacer

Pa″cer (?), n. One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that paces.

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Pacha (2)

Pa‐cha″ (?), n. See Pasha.

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Pachacamac

‖Pa′cha‐ca‐mac″ (?), n. A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator of the universe.

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Pachak

‖Pa‐chak″ (?), n.(Bot.) The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus, exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be the costus of the ancient...

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Pachalic

Pa‐cha″lic (?), a. & n. See Pashalic.

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Pachisi

‖Pa‐chi″si (?), Par‐che″si (�), n. [Hind., fr. pachis twenty-five, the highest throw in the game.] A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.