Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PASTRY-COOK

PASTRY-COOK, noun One whose occupation is to make and sell articles made of paste.

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PASTURABLE

P'ASTURABLE, adjective [from pasture.] Fit for pasture.

624

PASTURAGE

P'ASTURAGE, noun1. The business of feeding or grazing cattle.2. Grazing ground; land appropriated to grazing.3. Grass for feed.

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PASTURE

P'ASTURE, noun [Latin pasco, pastum, to feed.]1. Grass for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing.2. Ground covered with grass appropriated for the food or catt...

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PASTY

PASTY, adjective Like paste; of the consistence of paste.PASTY, noun [from paste.] A pie made of paste and baked without a dish.

627

PAT

PAT, adjective Fit; convenient; exactly suitable either as to time or place. [Not an elegant word, but admissible in burlesque.]PAT, adverb Fitly; conveniently.PAT, noun A light...

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PATACA

PATA'CAPATA'CHE, noun A tender or small vessel employed in conveying men or orders from one ship or place to another.

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PATACHE

PATA'CHE, n. A tender or small vessel employed in conveying men or orders from one ship or place to another.

630

PATACOON

PATACOON', noun A Spanish coin of the value of 4s. 8d.sterling, or about $1.04 cents.

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PATAVINITY

PATAVIN'ITY, noun The use of local words, or the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian; so denominated from Patavium or Padua, the place of his nativity.

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PATCH

PATCH, noun1. A piece of cloth sewed on a garment to repair it.2. A small piece of any thing used to repair a breach.3. A small piece of silk used to cover a defect on the face,...

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PATCHED

PATCH'ED, participle passive Mended with a patch or patches; mended clumsily.

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PATCHER

PATCH'ER, noun One that patches or botches.

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PATCHERY

PATCH'ERY, noun Bungling work; botchery; forgery.

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PATCHING

PATCH'ING, participle present tense Mending with a piece or pieces; botching.

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PATCHWORK

PATCH'WORK, noun Work composed of pieces of various figures sewed together.1. Work composed of pieces clumsily put together.

638

PATE

PATE, noun1. The head, or rather the top of the head; applied to persons, it is now used in contempt or ridicule.2. The skin of a calf's head.3. In fortification, a kind of plat...

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PATED

PA'TED, adjective In composition, having a pate; as long-pated, cunning; shallow-pated, having weak intellect.

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PATEE

PATEE'PATEFAC'TION, noun [Latin patefactio; pateo, to open, and facio, to make.] The act of opening or manifesting; open declaration.

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PATELLIFORM

PATEL'LIFORM, adjective [Latin patella, a dish, and form.] Of the form of a dish or saucer.

642

PATELLITE

PAT'ELLITE, noun Fossil remains of the patella, a shell.

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PATEN

PAT'ENPAT'ENT, adjective [Latin patens, from pateo, to open.]1. In botany, spreading; forming an acute angle with the stem or branch; as a patent leaf. [See Letter.]2. Open to t...

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PATENT

PAT'ENT, a. [L. patens, from pateo, to open.]1. In botany, spreading; forming an acute angle with the stem or branch; as a patent leaf. [See Letter.]2. Open to the perusal of al...

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PATENT-ROLLS

PATENT-ROLLS, noun The records or registers of patents.

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PATENTED

PAT'ENTED, participle passive Granted by patent; secured by patent or by law as an exclusive privilege.

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PATENTEE

PATENTEE', noun One to whom a grant is made or a privilege secured by patent or by law.

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PATENTING

PAT'ENTING, participle present tense Granting by patent; securing as a privilege.