Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Palustral

Pa‐lus″tral (?), a. [L. paluster, -ustris.] Of or pertaining to a bog or marsh; boggy.

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Palustrine

Pa‐lus″trine (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or living in, a marsh or swamp; marshy.

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Paly

Pal″y (?), a. [From Pale, a.] Pale; wanting color; dim. Shak.Whittier.

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Paly (2)

Pal″y, a. [Cf. F. palé. See Pale a stake.] (Her.) Divided into four or more equal parts by perpendicular lines, and of two different tinctures disposed alternately.

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Pam

Pam (?), n. [From Palm victory; cf. trump, fr. triumph.] The knave of clubs. Pope.

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Pament

Pa″ment (?), n. A pavement. Chaucer.

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Pampano

‖Pam″pa‐no (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Pompano.

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Pampas

Pam″pas (?), n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.] Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used i...

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Pamper

Pam″per (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pampered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pampering.] [Cf. LG. pampen, slampampen, to live luxuriously, pampe thick pap, and E. pap.]1. To feed to the full; t...

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Pampered

Pam″pered (?), a. Fed luxuriously; indulged to the full; hence, luxuriant. “Pampered boughs.” Milton. “Pampered insolence.” Pope. — Pam″pered‐ness, n.Bp. Hall.

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Pamperer

Pam″per‐er (?), n. One who, or that which, pampers. Cowper.

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Pamperize

Pam″per‐ize (?), v. t. To pamper. Sydney Smith.

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Pampero

‖Pam‐pe″ro (?), n. [Sp., fr. pampa a plain.] A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing great da...

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Pamperos

Pam‐pe″ros (?), n. pl.; sing. Pampero (�). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians inhabiting the pampas of South America.

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Pamphlet

Pam″phlet (păm″flĕt), n. [OE. pamflet, pamfilet, paunflet, possibly fr. OF. palme the palm of the hand, F. paume (see Palm) + OF. fueillet a leaf, dim. of fueil, m., F. feuille,...

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Pamphlet (2)

Pam″phlet (păm″flĕt), v. i. To write a pamphlet or pamphlets. Howell.

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Pamphleteer

Pam′phlet‐eer″ (–ēr″), n. A writer of pamphlets; a scribbler. Dryden. Macaulay.

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Pamphleteer (2)

Pam′phlet‐eer″, v. i. To write or publish pamphlets.By pamphleteering we shall not win. C. Kingsley.

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Pampiniform

Pam‐pin″i‐form (?), a. [L. pampinus a tendril + -form.] (Anat.) In the form of tendrils; — applied especially to the spermatic and ovarian veins.

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Pampre

Pam″pre (?), n. [F. pampre a vine branch, L. pampinus.] (Sculp.) An ornament, composed of vine leaves and bunches of grapes, used for decorating spiral columns.

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Pamprodactylous

Pam′pro‐dac″tyl‐ous (?), a. [Pan- + Gr. � forward + δάκτυλοσ finger.] (Zoöl.) Having all the toes turned forward, as the colies.

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Pan

Pan, n. [OE. See 2d Pane.] 1. A part; a portion.2. (Fort.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.3. A leaf of gold or silver.

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Pan (2)

Pan, v. t. & i. [Cf. F. pan skirt, lappet, L. pannus a cloth, rag, W. panu to fur, to full.] To join or fit together; to unite. Halliwell.

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Pan (3)

Pan (?), n. [Hind. pān, Skr. parna leaf.] The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See Betel.

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Pan (4)

‖Pan (?), n.(Gr. Myth.) The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs...

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Pan (5)

Pan, n. [OE. panne, AS. panne; cf. D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG. pfanna, Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir. panna, of uncertain origin; cf. L. patina, E. paten.] 1. A shallow, open dish or vessel...

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Pan (6)

Pan, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Panned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Panning.] (Mining) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.We... witnessed the process of cleanin...