Webster's Dictionary 1913

1783

Payee

Pay‐ee″ (?), n. The person to whom money is to be, or has been, paid; the person named in a bill or note, to whom, or to whose order, the amount is promised or directed to be pa...

1784

Payen

Pay″en (?), n. & a. Pagan. Chaucer.

1785

Payer

Pay″er (?), n. One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.

1786

Paymaster

Pay″mas′ter (?), n. One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is t...

1787

Paymaster-general

Pay″mas′ter–gen″er‐al. 1. (a) (Mil.) In the United States army, an officer of the rank of brigadier general, who commands the pay department, which is charged with the payment o...

1788

Payment

Pay″ment (?), n. [F. payment, paiement. See Pay to requite.] 1. The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.No man envieth the payment of...

1789

Payn

Payn (?), n. [OF. & F. pain, fr. L. panis bread.] Bread. Having Piers Plowman.

1790

Payndemain

Payn′de‐main″ (?), n. [OF. pain bread + demaine manorial, lordly, own, private. See Payn, and Demesne. Said to be so called from the figure of our Lord impressed upon it.] The f...

1791

Payne's process

Payne's process (?). A process for preserving timber and rendering it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of sulphate of iron and calcium chloride in va...

1792

Paynim

Pay″nim (?), n. & a. See Painim.

1793

Paynize

Payn″ize (?), v. t. [From Mr. Payne, the inventor.] To treat or preserve, as wood, by a process resembling kyanizing.

1794

Payor

Pay‐or″ (?), n.(Law) See Payer.

1795

Payse

Payse (?), v. t. To poise. Spenser.

1796

Paytine

Pay″tine (?), n.(Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from a white bark resembling that of the cinchona, first brought from Payta, in Peru.

1797

Pea

Pea (pē), n. [OF. peis. See Poise.] The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also pee.]

1798

Pea (2)

Pea, n.(Naut.) See Peak, n., 3.

1799

Pea (3)

Pea, n.; pl.Peas (pēz) or Pease (pēz). [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. πίσοσ, πίσον. The final s was misunderstood in English as a plur...

1800

Pea-jacket

Pea″–jack′et (?), n. [Prob. fr. D. pij, pije, a coat of a coarse woolen stuff.] A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather.

1801

Peabird

Pea″bird′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The wryneck; — so called from its note.

1802

Peabody bird

Pea″bod‐y bird′ (?). (Zoöl.) An American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having a conspicuous white throat. The name is imitative of its note. Called also White-throated sparrow.

1803

Peace

Peace (?), n. [OE. pees, pais, OF. pais, paiz, pes, F. paix, L. pax, pacis, akin to pacere, paciscere, pacisci, to make an agreement, and prob. also pangere to fasten. Cf. Appea...

1804

Peace (2)

Peace, v. t. & i. To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop. “Peace your tattlings.” Shak.When the thunder would not peace at my bidding. Shak.

1805

Peaceable

Peace″a‐ble (?), a. [OE. peisible, F. paisible.] Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome. — Peace″a‐b...

1806

Peacebreaker

Peace″break′er (?), n. One who disturbs the public peace. — Peace″break′ing, n.

1807

Peaceful

Peace″ful (?), a. 1. Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a pe...

1808

Peaceless

Peace″less, a. Without peace; disturbed. Sandys.

1809

Peacemaker

Peace″mak′er (?), n. One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance. Matt. v. 9.—Peace″mak′ing, n.