Webster's Dictionary 1913

1756

Pawl

Pawl (?), n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. Pole a stake.] (Mach.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental space...

1757

Pawl (2)

Pawl, v. t. To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.To pawl the capstan. See under Capstan.

1758

Pawn

Pawn (?), n. See Pan, the masticatory.

1759

Pawn (2)

Pawn, n. [OE. paune, poun, OF. peon, poon, F. pion, LL. pedo a foot soldier, fr. L. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Pioneer, Peon.] (Chess) A man or piece of the lowest rank.

1760

Pawn (3)

Pawn, n. [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 ...

1761

Pawn (4)

Pawn, 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, t...

1762

Pawnable

Pawna‐ble (?), a. Capable of being pawned.

1763

Pawnbroker

Pawn″bro′ker (?), n. One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.

1764

Pawnbroking

Pawn″bro′king, n. The business of a pawnbroker.

1765

Pawnee

Pawn‐ee″ (?), n.(Law) One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.

1766

Pawnees

Paw′nees″ (?), n. pl.; sing. Pawnee (�). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian...

1767

Pawner

{ Pawn″er (?), Pawn‐or″ (?), } n.(Law) One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt.

1768

Pawpaw

Paw′paw″ (?), n.(Bot.) See Papaw.

1769

Pax

Pax (?), n. [L. pax peace. See Peace.] 1. (Eccl.) The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.2. (R. C. ...

1770

Pax (2)

Pax (?), n. Friendship, or a friend; — esp. in the phrases to make pax with, to make friends with, to be good pax, to be good friends; also, truce; — used esp. interjectionally.

1771

Paxillose

Pax″il‐lose′ (?), a. [L. paxillus a small stake.] (Geol.) Resembling a little stake.

1772

Paxillus

‖Pax‐il″lus (?), n.; pl.Paxilli (#). (Zoöl.) One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is c...

1773

Paxwax

Pax″wax′ (?), n. [For faxvax, fr. AS. feax hair (akin to OHG. fahs) + weaxan to grow. See Wax to grow, and cf. Faxed, Pectinate.] (Anat.) The strong ligament of the back of the ...

1774

Paxywaxy

Pax″y‐wax′y (?), n.(Anat.) See Paxwax.

1775

Pay

Pay (pā), v. t. [OF. peier, fr. L. picare to pitch, pix pitch: cf. OF. peiz pitch, F. poix. See Pitch a black substance.] (Naut.) To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar...

1776

Pay (2)

Pay, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Paid (pād); p. pr. & vb. n.Paying.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See Peace.] 1. To satisfy, or content;...

1777

Pay (3)

Pay (pā), v. i. 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 mak...

1778

Pay (4)

Pay, 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; re...

1779

Pay Cerps

Pay Cerps. A staff corps in the United States navy, consisting of pay directors, pay inspectors, paymasters, passed assistant paymasters, and assistant paymasters, having relati...

1780

Pay dirt

{ Pay dirt, Pay rock, etc. } (Mining) Earth, rock, etc., which yields a profit to the miner.

1781

Pay streak

Pay 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)...

1782

Payable

Pay″a‐ble (?), a. [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...