Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PATRONIZER

PAT'RONIZER, noun One that supports, countenances or favors.

704

PATRONIZING

PAT'RONIZING, participle present tense Defending; supporting; favoring; promoting.

705

PATRONLESS

PAT'RONLESS, adjective Destitute of a patron.

706

PATRONYMIC

PATRONYM'IC, noun [Latin patronymicus; from Gr. father, and name.]A name of men or women derived from that of their parents or ancestors; as Tydides, the son of Tydeus, Pelides,...

707

PATTEE

PATTEE', noun In heraldry, a cross small in the center, and widening to the extremities which are broad.

708

PATTEN

PAT'TEN, noun1. The base of a column or pillar.2. A wooden shoe with an iron ring, worn to keep the shoes from the dirt or mud.

709

PATTEN-MAKER

PAT'TEN-MAKER, noun One that makes pattens.

710

PATTER

PAT'TER, verb intransitive To strike, as falling drops of water or hail, with a quick succession of small sounds; as pattering hail.The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard.

711

PATTERING

PAT'TERING, participle present tense Striking with a quick succession of small sounds.

712

PATTERN

PAT'TERN, noun1. An original or model proposed for imitation; the archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be copies or imitated, either in things or in actions; as the pattern ...

713

PATTY

PAT'TY, noun A little pie.

714

PATTY-PAN

PAT'TY-PAN, n. A pan to bake a little pie in.

715

PATULOUS

PAT'ULOUS, adjective [Latin patulus, from pateo, to be open.]Spreading, as a patulous calyx; bearing the flowers loose or dispersed, as a patulous peduncle.

716

PAUCILOQUY

PAUCIL'OQUY, noun [Latin paucus, few, and loquor, to speak.]The utterance of few words. [Little used.]

717

PAUCITY

PAU'CITY, noun [Latin paucitas, from paucus, few.]1. Fewness; smallness of number; as the paucity of schools.2. Smallness of quantity; as paucity of blood.

718

PAUM

PAUM, verb transitive To impose by fraud; a corruption of palm.

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PAUNCH

PAUNCH, noun [Latin pantex.] The belly and its contents.The paunch in ruminating quadrupeds, is the first and largest stomach, into which the food is received before rumination....

720

PAUPER

PAUP'ER, noun [Latin pauper] A poor person; particularly, one so indigent as to depend on the parish or town for maintenance.

721

PAUPERISM

PAUP'ERISM, noun The state of being poor or destitute of the means of support; the state of indigent persons requiring support from the community. The increase of pauperism is a...

722

PAUSE

PAUSE, noun paux. [Latin pausa; Gr. to cease, or cause to rest.]1. A stop; a cessation or intermission of action, of speaking, singing, playing or the like; a temporary stop or ...

723

PAUSER

PAUS'ER, noun s as z. One who pauses; one who deliberates.

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PAUSING

PAUS'ING, participle present tense Stopping for a time; ceasing to speak or act; deliberating.

725

PAUSINGLY

PAUS'INGLY, adverb After a pause; by breaks.

726

PAVAN

PAVAN', noun [Latin pavo, a peacock.] A grave dance among the Spaniards. In this dance, the performers make a kind of wheel before each other, the gentlemen dancing with cap and...

727

PAVE

PAVE, verb transitive [Latin pavio; Gr. to beat, to strike.]1. To lay or cover with stone or brick so as to make a level or convenient surface for horses, carriages or foot pass...

728

PAVED

PA'VED, participle passive Laid over with stones or bricks; prepared; as a way.

729

PAVEMENT

PA'VEMENT, noun [Latin pavimentum.] A floor or covering consisting of stones or bricks, laid on the earth in such a manner as to make a hard and convenient passage; as a pavemen...