Webster's Dictionary 1913

1702

Paulin

Pau″lin (pa̤″lĭn), n.(Naut.) See Tarpaulin.

1703

Pauline

Pau″line (pa̤″līn), a. [L. Paulinus, fr. Paulus Paul.] Of or pertaining to the apostle Paul, or his writings; resembling, or conforming to, the writings of Paul; as, the Pauline...

1704

Paulist

Paul″ist (?), n.(R. C. Ch.) A member of The Institute of the Missionary Priests of St. Paul the Apostle, founded in 1858 by the Rev. I. T. Hecker of New York. The majority of th...

1705

Paulownia

‖Pau‐low″ni‐a (?), n. [NL. So named from the Russian princess Anna Pavlovna.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of the order Scrophulariaceæ, consisting of one species, Paulownia imperial...

1706

Paum

Paum (?), v. t. & i. [See Palm to cheat.] To palm off by fraud; to cheat at cards. Swift.

1707

Paunce

Paunce (?), n. [See Pansy.] (Bot.) The pansy. “The pretty paunce.” Spenser.

1708

Paunch

Paunch (pa̤nch or pänch; 277), n. [OF. panch, pance, F. panse, L. pantex, panticis.] 1. (Anat.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ru...

1709

Paunch (2)

Paunch, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Paunched (pa̤ncht or päncht); p. pr. & vb. n.Paunching.] 1. To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel. Shak.2. To stuff with food. U...

1710

Paunchy

Paunch″y (?), a. Pot-bellied. Dickens.

1711

Paune

Paune (?), n. A kind of bread. See Pone.

1712

Pauper

Pau″per (?), n. [L. See Poor.] A poor person; especially, one dependent on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pauper immigrants, pauper labor.

1713

Pauperism

Pau″per‐ism (?), n. [Cf. F. paupérisme.] The state of being a pauper; the state of indigent persons requiring support from the community. Whatly.Syn. — Poverty; indigence; penur...

1714

Pauperization

Pau′per‐i‐za″tion (?), n. The act or process of reducing to pauperism. C. Kingsley.

1715

Pauperize

Pau″per‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pauperized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pauperizing (?).] To reduce to pauperism; as, to pauperize the peasantry.

1716

Pauropoda

‖Pau‐rop″o‐da (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. παυ̑ροσ small + -poda.] (Zoöl.) An order of small myriapods having only nine pairs of legs and destitute of tracheæ.

1717

Pause

Pause (pa̤z), n. [F., fr. L. pausa. See Pose.] 1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.2. Temporary inaction or waiting; hesi...

1718

Pause (2)

Pause, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Paused (pa̤zd); p. pr. & vb. n.Pausing.] [Cf. F. pauser, L. pausare. See Pause, n., Pose.] 1. To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit sp...

1719

Pause (3)

Pause, v. t. To cause to stop or rest; — used reflexively. Shak.

1720

Pauser

Paus″er (?), n. One who pauses. Shak.

1721

Pausingly

Paus″ing‐ly, adv. With pauses; haltingly. Shak.

1722

Pauxi

‖Paux″i (?), n. [From the native name: cf. Sp. pauji.] (Zoöl.) A curassow (Ourax pauxi), which, in South America, is often domesticated.

1723

Pavage

Pav″age (?), n. [Cf. F. pavage.] See Paviage.

1724

Pavan

Pav″an (?), n. [F. pavane; cf. It. & Sp. pavana, and Sp. pavon, pavo, a peacock, L. pavo.] A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; — so called f...

1725

Pave

Pave (pāv), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Paved (pāvd); p. pr. & vb. n.Paving.] [F. paver to pave, LL. pavare, from L. pavire to beat, ram, or tread down; cf. Gr. παίειν to beat, strike.] ...

1726

Pavé

‖Pa′vé″ (?), n. [F., from paver to pave. See Pave.] The pavement.‖Nymphe du pavé (�), a prostitute who solicits in the street.

1727

Pavement

Pave″ment (?), n. [F., fr. LL. pavamentum, L. pavimentum. See Pave.] That with which anything is paved; a floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make a hard and conv...

1728

Pavement (2)

Pave″ment, v. t. To furnish with a pavement; to pave. “How richly pavemented!” Bp. Hall.