Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Painting

Paint″ing, n. 1. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.2. (Fine Arts) The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are repres...

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Paintless

Paint″less, a. Not capable of being painted or described. “In paintless patience.” Savage.

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Painture

Pain″ture (pān″tū̍r; 135), n. [F. peinture. See Paint, v. t., and cf. Picture.] The art of painting. Chaucer. Dryden.

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Painty

Paint″y (pānt″y̆), a. Unskillfully painted, so that the painter's method of work is too obvious; also, having too much pigment applied to the surface.

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Pair

Pair (pâr), n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of par pair, fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. Apparel, Par equality, Peer an equal.]1. A number of things resembling one another, or ...

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Pair (2)

Pair, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Paired (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pairing.] 1. To be joined in pairs; to couple; to mate, as for breeding.2. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.My heart was mad...

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Pair (3)

Pair, v. t. 1. To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another.Glossy jet is paire...

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Pair (4)

Pair, v. t. [See Impair.] To impair. Spenser.

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Pairer

Pair″er (–ẽr), n. One who impairs. Wyclif.

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Pairing

Pair″ing, n. [See Pair, v. i.] 1. The act or process of uniting or arranging in pairs or couples.2. See To pair off, under Pair, v. i.Pairing time, the time when birds or other ...

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Pairment

Pair″ment (–ment), n. Impairment. Wyclif.

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Pais

‖Pa′is (pȧ′ē̍″), n. [OF. puïs, F. pays, country.] (O. E. Law) The country; the people of the neighborhood.☞ A trial per pais is a trial by the country, that is, by a jury; and m...

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Paisano

‖Pa′i‐sa″no (pä′ē̍‐sä″nō̍), n.(Zoöl.) The chaparral cock.

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Paise

Paise (pāz), n. [Obs.] See Poise. Chapman.

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Pajamas

Pa‐ja″mas (?), n. pl. [Hind. pā-jāma, pāejāma, lit., leg closing.] Originally, in India, loose drawers or trousers, such as those worn, tied about the waist, by Mohammedan men a...

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Pajock

Pa″jock (?), n. A peacock. Shak.

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Pakfong

Pak″fong′ (?), n. See Packfong.

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Pal

Pal (?), n. A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate.

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Palace

Pal″ace (păl″ā̍s; 48), n. [OE. palais, F. palais, fr. L. palatium, fr. Palatium, one of the seven hills of Rome, on which Augustus had his residence. Cf. Paladin.]1. The residen...

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Palacious

Pa‐la″cious (?), a. Palatial. Graunt.

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Paladin

Pal″a‐din (?), n. [F., fr.It. paladino, fr. L. palatinus an officer of the palace. See Palatine.] A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne. Sir...

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Palæo-

Pa″læ‐o– (?). See Paleo-.

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Palæographer

Pa′læ‐og″ra‐pher (?), n., Pa′læ‐o‐graph″ic (�), a., etc. See Paleographer, Paleographic, etc.

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Palæotype

Pa″læ‐o‐type (?), n. [Palæo- + -type.] (Phon.) A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the printing types in common use. Ellis. — Pa′læ‐o‐typ″ic‐al (#), a. — Pa′l...

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Palæstra

‖Pa‐læs″tra (?), n. See Palestra.

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Palæstric

Pa‐læs″tric (?), a. See Palestric.

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Palætiologist

Pa‐læ′ti‐ol″o‐gist (?), n. One versed in palætiology.