Webster's Dictionary 1913

1513

Pasture (2)

Pas″ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pastured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pasturing.] To feed, esp. to feed on growing grass; to supply grass as food for; as, the farmer pastures fifty oxen; th...

1514

Pasture (3)

Pas″ture, v. i. To feed on growing grass; to graze.

1515

Pastureless

Pas″ture‐less, a. Destitute of pasture. Milton.

1516

Pasturer

Pas″tur‐er (?), n. One who pastures; one who takes cattle to graze. See Agister.

1517

Pasty

Pas″ty (?), a. Like paste, as in color, softness, stickness. “A pasty complexion.” G. Eliot.

1518

Pasty (2)

Pas″ty, n.; pl.Pasties (#). [OF. pasté, F. pâté. See Paste, and cf. Patty.] A pie consisting usually of meat wholly surrounded with a crust made of a sheet of paste, and often b...

1519

Pat

Pat (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Patted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Patting.] [Cf. G. patschen, Prov. G. patzen, to strike, tap.] To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly...

1520

Pat (2)

Pat, n. 1. A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap.2. A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats.It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter. Dickens.

1521

Pat (3)

Pat, a. [Cf. pat a light blow, D. te pas convenient, pat, where pas is fr. F. passer to pass.] Exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely. “Pat allusion.” Barrow.

1522

Pat (4)

Pat, adv. In a pat manner.I foresaw then 't would come in pat hereafter. Sterne.

1523

Pataca

‖Pa‐ta″ca (?), n. The Spanish dollar; — called also patacoon.

1524

Patache

‖Pa′tache″ (?), n. [F. & Sp. patache, P. patacho.] (Naut.) A tender to a fleet, formerly used for conveying men, orders, or treasure.

1525

Patacoon

Pa′ta‐coon″ (?), n. See Pataca.

1526

Patagium

‖Pa‐ta″gi‐um (?), n.; pl.Patagia (#). 1. (Anat.) In bats, an expansion of the integument uniting the fore limb with the body and extending between the elongated fingers to form ...

1527

Patagonian

Pat′a‐go″ni‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Patagonia. — n. A native of Patagonia.

1528

Patamar

Pat″a‐mar (?), n.(Naut.) A vessel resembling a grab, used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon. [Written also pattemar.]

1529

Patas

Pa‐tas″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ruber); the red monkey.

1530

Patavinity

Pat′a‐vin″i‐ty (?), n. [L. patavinitas, fr. Patavium: cf. F. patavinité] The use of local or provincial words, as in the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian; ...

1531

Patch

Patch (păch), n. [OE. pacche; of uncertain origin, perh. for placche; cf. Prov. E. platch patch, LG. plakk, plakke.] 1. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or ot...

1532

Patch (2)

Patch (păch), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Patched (păcht); p. pr. & vb. n.Patching.] 1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.2. To m...

1533

Patcher

Patch″er (?), n. One who patches or botches. Foxe.

1534

Patchery

Patch″er‐y (?), n. Botchery; covering of defects; bungling; hypocrisy. Shak.

1535

Patchingly

Patch″ing‐ly (?), adv. Knavishly; deceitfully.

1536

Patchouli

{ Pa‐tchou″li, Pa‐tchou″ly } (?), n. [CF. F. patchouli; prob. of East Indian origin.] 1. (Bot.) A mintlike plant (Pogostemon Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential...

1537

Patchwork

Patch″work′ (?), n. Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; somethin...

1538

Patchy

Patch″y (?), a. Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.

1539

Pate

Pate (?), n. [Cf. LG. & Prov. G. pattkopf, patzkopf, scabby head; patt, patz, scab + kopf head.] 1. The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head.His mischief shall retur...