Webster's Dictionary 1913

1675

Pattemar

Pat″te‐mar (?), n. See Patamar.

1676

Patten

Pat″ten (?), n. [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 ...

1677

Pattened

Pat″ten‐ed (?), a. Wearing pattens. “Some pattened girl.” Jane Austen.

1678

Patter

Pat″ter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Pattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pattering.] [Freq. of pat to strike gently.] 1. To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, patte...

1679

Patter (2)

Pat″ter, v. t. 1. To spatter; to sprinkle. “And patter the water about the boat.” J. R. Drake.2. [See Patter, v. i., 2.] To mutter; as prayers.patter their doleful prayers. Long...

1680

Patter (3)

Pat″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...

1681

Patter (4)

Pat″ter, n. The language or oratory of a street peddler, conjurer, or the like, hence, glib talk; a voluble harangue; mere talk; chatter; also, specif., rapid speech, esp. as so...

1682

Patterer

Pat″ter‐er (?), n. One who patters, or talks glibly; specifically, a street peddler.

1683

Pattern

Pat″tern (?), n. [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...

1684

Pattern (2)

Pat″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...

1685

Pattern (3)

Pat″tern, n.(Gun.) A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire.

1686

Pattinson's process

Pat″tin‐son's proc″ess (?). (Metal.) A process of desilverizing argentiferous lead by repeated meltings and skimmings, which concentrate the silver in the molten bath, the final...

1687

Patty

Pat″ty (?), n.; pl.Patties (#). [F. pâté. See Pasty.] A little pie.

1688

Pattypan

Pat″ty‐pan′ (?), n. 1. A pan for baking patties.2. A patty.

1689

Patulous

Pat″u‐lous (?), a. [L. patulus, fr. patere to be open, extend.] Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster...

1690

Pau

‖Pau (?), n. See Pah.

1691

Pauciloquent

Pau‐cil″o‐quent (?), a. Uttering few words; brief in speech.

1692

Pauciloquy

Pau‐cil″o‐quy (?), n. [L. pauciloquium; paucus little + loqui to speak.] Brevity in speech.

1693

Paucispiral

Pau′ci‐spi″ral (?), a. [L. paucus few + E. spiral.] (Zoöl.) Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum or shell.

1694

Paucity

Pau″ci‐ty (pa̤″sĭ‐ty̆), n. [L. paucitas, fr. paucus few, little: cf. F. paucité See Few.] 1. Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity. Hooker.Revelation denies it by the stern res...

1695

Paugie

{ Pau″gie, Pau″gy } (?), n.; pl.Paugies (#). [Corrupted from Amer. Indian mishcuppauog. See Scup.] (Zoöl.) The scup. See Porgy, and Scup.

1696

Pauhaugen

Pau‐hau″gen (?), n.(Zoöl.) The menhaden; — called also poghaden.

1697

Paul

Paul (?), n. See Pawl.

1698

Paul (2)

Paul, n. An Italian silver coin. See Paolo.

1699

Pauldron

Paul″dron (?), n. [See Powldron.] (Mil. Antiq.) A piece of armor covering the shoulder at the junction of the body piece and arm piece.

1700

Paulian

{ Pau″li‐an (?), Pau″li‐an‐ist (?), } n.(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Paul of Samosata, a bishop of Antioch in the third century, who was deposed for denying the divinity of Christ.

1701

Paulician

Pau″li‐cian (pa̤″lĭ‐shan), n.(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Christian dualists originating in Armenia in the seventh century. They rejected the Old Testament and the part of the...