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-<p><-- Begin file 16 of 26: Letter P (Version 0.46)
-
- This file is part 16 of the GNU version of
- The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- Also referred to as GCIDE
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- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- Version published 1913
- by the C. & G. Merriam Co.
- Springfield, Mass.
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- --></p>
-
-<p><centered><point26>P.</point26></centered><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>P</hw> <pr>(p<emac/)</pr>, <def>the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Ph\'d2nician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to <it>b</it>, <it>f</it>, and <it>v</it>; as ho<it>bb</it>le, ho<it>pp</it>le; <it>f</it>ather, <it>p</it>aternal; reci<it>p</it>ient, recei<it>v</it>e. See <er>B</er>, <er>F</er>, and <er>M</er>.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p>See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, <sect/<sect/ 247, 248, and 184-195.<br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>Pa</hw> <pr>(p<aum/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A shortened form of <er>Papa</er>.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>Pa"age</hw> <pr>(p<amac/"<asl/j; 48)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>paage</ets>, <ets>paiage</ets>, F. <ets>p\'82age</ets>, fr. (assumed) LL. <ets>pedaticum</ets>, fr. L. <ets>pes</ets>, <ets>pedis</ets>, foot. See <er>Pedage</er>, <er>Pedal</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A toll for passage over another person's grounds.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>peage</asp> and <asp>pedage</asp>.]</altsp> <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p>\'d8<hw>Paard</hw> <pr>(p<aum/rd)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D., a horse.]</ety> <def>The zebra.</def> <mark>[S. Africa]</mark><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>Paas</hw> <pr>(p<aum/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Pace</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer</au></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>Paas</hw> <pr>(p<add/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>paash</ets>. See <er>Pasch</er>.]</ety> <def>The Easter festival.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark> <rj><au>Bartlett.</au></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><cs><col><b>Paas egg</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Easter egg</cref>, under <er>Easter</er>.</cd></cs><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>Pablum</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A form of cereal for infants.</def> <mark>[Trademark]</mark> <br/
-[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A diet that does not require chewing.</def><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> soft diet, pap, spoon food.</syn><br/
-[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Worthless or oversimplified ideas.</def><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> pap, pabulum{3}.</syn><br/
-[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>pab"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>pabularis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or fit for, pabulum or food; affording food.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>Pab`u*la"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>pabulatio</ets>, fr. <ets>pabulari</ets> to feed, fr. <ets>pabulum</ets> food. See <er>Pabulum</er>.]</ety><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of feeding, or providing food.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Cockeram.</au></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Food; fodder; pabulum.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>Pab"u*lous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>pabulosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Affording pabulum, or food; alimental.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>pab"u*lum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., akin to <ets>pascere</ets> to pasture. See <er>Pastor</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> comestible, edible, eatable, victual, victuals.</syn><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>That which feeds or sustains, such as fuel for a fire;</def> <specif>especially,</specif> <def>that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; intellectual sustenance; <as>as, intellectual <ex>pabulum</ex></as>.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> food for thought, intellectual nourishment.</syn><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Trite or simplistic writing, sentiments, etc.; pablum{3}.</def><br/
-[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>PAC</hw> <pr>(p<acr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Acronynm from <ets>P</ets>olitical <ets>A</ets>ction <ets>C</ets>ommittee.]</ety> <fld>(Politics)</fld> <def>A <altname>political action committee</altname>, a committee formed by an organization or special-interest group to raise money to support candidates for office or to influence legislation. A PAC provides a legal means for corporations in the U. S. to support political candidates even when direct contributions from corporations to candidates is forbidden by law. In theory, the corporation may not itself contribute to a PAC, but may pay the expenses of raising money from individuals. PACs may also be formed by organizations other than commercial corporations, such as trade associations.</def> <mark>[Acronym, U. S.]</mark><br/
-<br/
-<note> PACs became popular in the 1970's after campaign finance reform laws put limits on the amount of money which an individual can contribute to each candidate for public office. In addition to simply supporting candidates with specific viewpoints, the unstated purpose of PACs is to make politicians aware of their viewpoints, by aggregating sums of money into significant single donations. This latter effect has aroused criticism of PACs from reformers who feel that large donations bias the political process.</note><br/
-[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>Pac</hw> <pr>(p<acr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up and sewed to the upper.</def> <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>pa"ca</hw> <pr>(Pg. p<aum/"k<adot/; E. p<amac/"k<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Pg., from the native name.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large burrowing South American rodent (<spn>Agouti paca</spn> syn. <spn>Cuniculus paca</spn>, formerly <spn>C\'d2logenys paca</spn>), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is closely allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig and is highly esteemed as food.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>Pa"ca*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>pacare</ets> to pacify.]</ety> <def>Placable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>Pa*cane"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of hickory. See <er>Pecan</er>.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>pa"cate</hw> <pr>(p<amac/"k<asl/t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>pacatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>pacare</ets> to pacify, fr. <ets>pax</ets>, <ets>pacis</ets>, peace. See <er>Pay</er> to requite, <er>Peace</er>.]</ety> <def>Appeased; pacified; placated; tranquil.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>pa"ca*ted</hw> <pr>(p<amac/"k<asl/*t<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pacified; pacate; placated.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>Pa*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>pacatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of pacifying; a peacemaking.</def> <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>pace</hw> <pr>(p<amac/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>pas</ets>, F. <ets>pas</ets>, from L. <ets>passus</ets> a step, pace, orig., a stretching out of the feet in walking; cf. <ets>pandere</ets>, <ets>passum</ets>, to spread, stretch; perh. akin to E. <ets>patent</ets>. Cf. <er>Pas</er>, <er>Pass</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; <as>as, he advanced fifty <ex>paces</ex></as>.</def> \'bdThe height of sixty <xex>pace</xex> .\'b8 <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><note><hand/ Ordinarily the <xex>pace</xex> is estimated at two and one half linear feet; but in measuring distances be stepping, the <xex>pace</xex> is extended to three feet (one yard) or to three and three tenths feet (one fifth of a rod). The regulation marching <xex>pace</xex> in the English and United States armies is thirty inches for quick time, and thirty-six inches for double time. The Roman <xex>pace</xex> (<xex>passus</xex>) was from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when it next touched the ground, five Roman feet.</note><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; <as>as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are <ex>paces</ex> of the horse; a swaggering <ex>pace</ex>; a quick <ex>pace</ex>.</as></def> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><q>To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,<br/
-Creeps in this petty <qex>pace</qex> from day to day.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><q>In the military schools of riding a variety of <ex>paces</ex> are taught.</q> <rj><qau>Walsh.</qau></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A slow gait; a footpace.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chucer.</au></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Any single movement, step, or procedure.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><q>The first <qex>pace</qex> necessary for his majesty to make is to fall into confidence with Spain.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Temple.</qau></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Weaving)</fld> <def>A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>The rate of progress of any process or activity; <as>as, the students ran at a rapid <ex>pace</ex>; the plants grew at a remarkable <ex>pace</ex></as>.</def><br/
-[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
-
-<p><cs><col><b>Geometrical pace</b></col>, <cd>the space from heel to heel between the spot where one foot is set down and that where the same foot is again set down, loosely estimated at five feet, or by some at four feet and two fifths. See <cref>Roman pace</cref> in the Note under def. 2.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <mcol><col><b>To keep pace with</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To hold pace with</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to keep up with; to go as fast as.</cd> \'bdIn intellect and attainments he <xex>kept pace with</xex> his age.\'b8 <au>Southey.</au> -- <col><b>To put (someone) through one's paces</b></col> <cd>to cause (someone) to perform an act so as to demonstrate his/her skill or ability.</cd></cs><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>Pace</hw> <pr>(p<amac/s)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Paced</conjf> <pr>(p<amac/st)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Pacing</conjf> <pr>(p<amac/"s<icr/ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps.</def> \'bdI <xex>paced</xex> on slowly.\'b8 <au>Pope.</au> \'bdWith speed so <xex>pace</xex>.\'b8 <au>Shak.</au><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To proceed; to pass on.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><q>Or [ere] that I further in this tale <qex>pace</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To pass away; to die.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>Pace</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; <as>as, the guard <ex>paces</ex> his round</as>.</def> \'bd<xex>Pacing</xex> light the velvet plain.\'b8 <rj><au>T. Warton.</au></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To measure by steps or paces; <as>as, to <ex>pace</ex> a piece of ground</as>. Often used with <ptcl>out</ptcl>; <as>as, to <ex>pace</ex> out the distance</as>.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><q>If you can, <qex>pace</qex> your wisdom<br/
-In that good path that I would wish it go.</q> <rj><qau>Shak</qau></rj><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><cs><col><b>To pace the web</b></col> <fld>(Weaving)</fld>, <cd>to wind up the cloth on the beam, periodically, as it is woven, in a loom.</cd></cs><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>Paced</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having, or trained in, [such] a pace or gait; trained; -- used in composition; <as>as, slow-<ex>paced</ex>; a thorough-<ex>paced</ex> villain.</as></def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>pacemaker</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physiol. & Anat.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat.</def><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> cardiac pacemaker, sinoatrial node.</syn><br/
-[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker{1}; -- used to assist people whose heartbeat is irregular.</def><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> artificial pacemaker.</syn><br/
-[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A horse used to set the pace in racing.</def><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> pacer, pacesetter.</syn><br/
-[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>pa"cer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, paces.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Especially:</specif> <def>A horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together; a horse that paces.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns><br/
-[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-
-<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A horse used to set the pace in racing.</def> <wns>[wns=3]</wns><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> pacemaker, pacesetter.</syn><br/
-[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-
-<p><hw>pacesetter</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A horse used to set the pace in racing.</def><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> pacer, pacemaker.</syn><br/
-[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
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-<p><hw>Pa*cha"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt; same as <er>Pasha</er>.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-
-<p>\'d8<hw>Pa`cha*ca*mac"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator of the universe.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
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-<p>\'d8<hw>Pa*chak"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The fragrant roots of the <spn>Saussurea Costus</spn>, exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be the <altname>costus</altname> of the ancients.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>putchuck</asp>.]</altsp><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
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-<p><hw>Pa*cha"lic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. & n.</pos> <def>See <er>Pashalic</er>.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
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-<p><hw>pachinko</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A popular Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board.</def><br/
-[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
-
-<p><mhw>\'d8<hw>Pa*chi"si</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Par*che"si</hw>, <hw>Par*chi"si</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind., fr. <ets>pachis</ets> twenty-five, the highest throw in the game.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of pasteboard, and dice; it is played on a cross-shaped board.</def> <mark>[U. S. & Eng.]</mark><br/
-[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
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-<p><hw>pa*chom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>pa`chos</grk> thickness + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for measuring thickness, as of the glass of a mirror, or of paper; a pachymeter.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
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-<p>\'d8<hw>pa*chon"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A substance resembling gutta-percha, and used to adulterate it, obtained from the East Indian tree <spn>Isonandra acuminata</spn>.</def><br/
-[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
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-<p><hw>pachouli</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small East Indian shrubby mint (<spn>Pogostemon cablin</spn>); a fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes.</def><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> patchouli, patchouly, <spn>Pogostemon cablin</spn>.</syn><br/
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-<p><hw>pa*chu"ca tank</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Metallurgy)</fld> <def>A high and narrow tank, with a central cylinder for the introduction of compressed air, used in the agitation and settling of pulp (pulverized ore and water) during treatment by the cyanide process; -- so named because, though originally devised in New Zealand, it was first practically introduced in Pachuca, Mexico.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>Pach"y-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[Gr. <grk>pachy`s</grk> thick.]</ety> <def>A combining form meaning <xex>thick</xex>; <as>as, <ex>pachy</ex>derm, <ex>pachy</ex>dactyl</as>.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>Pach`y*car"pous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Pachy-</ets> + Gr. <grk>karpo`s</grk> fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the pericarp thick.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>Pachycephala</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of arborial insectivorous birds.</def><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Pachycephala</gen>.</syn><br/
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-<p><hw>Pach`y*dac"tyl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Pachy-</ets> + <ets>dactyl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bird or other animal having thick toes.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>Pach`y*dac"tyl*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having thick toes.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>pach"y*derm</hw> <pr>(p<acr/k"<icr/*d<etil/rm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>pachyderme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin, including the <stype>elephant</stype>, <stype>rhinoceros</stype>, and <stype>hippopotamus</stype>, one of the Pachydermata.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>pachyderma</hw> <pr>(p<acr/k"<icr/*d<etil/r"m<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An abnormal thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction.</def><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> pachydermatosis, pachydermia, nevoid elephantiasis.</syn><br/
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-<p><hw>pach`y*der"mal</hw> <pr>(p<acr/k"<icr/*d<etil/r"m<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or relating to the pachyderms; <as>as, <ex>pachydermal</ex> dentition</as>.</def><br/
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-<p>\'d8<hw>Pach`y*der"ma*ta</hw> <pr>(p<acr/k`<icr/*d<etil/r"m<adot/*t<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>pachy`dermos</grk> thick-skinned; <grk>pachy`s</grk> thick + <grk>de`rma</grk> skin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog; the pachyderms. It is now considered an artificial group.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>pach*y*der`ma*to"sis</hw> <pr>(p<acr/k*<icr/*d<etil/r`m<adot/*t<omac/"s<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>pachyderma</er>.</def><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> pachyderma, pachydermia, nevoid elephantiasis.</syn><br/
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-<p><hw>Pach`y*der"ma*tous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the pachyderms.</def><br/
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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule.</def><br/
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-<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to pachyderma.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>pach`y*der"mi*a</hw> <pr>(p<acr/k`<icr/*d<etil/r"m<icr/*<adot/<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>pachyderma</er>.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>Pach`y*der"moid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Pachyderm</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Related to the pachyderms.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>Pach`y*glos"sal</hw> <pr>(p<acr/k`<icr/*gl<ocr/s"s<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Pachy-</ets> + Gr. <grk>glw^ssa</grk> tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a thick tongue; -- applied to a group of lizards (<fam>Pachygloss\'91</fam>), including the iguanas and agamas.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>pach`y*glos"si*a</hw> <pr>(p<acr/k`<icr/*gl<ocr/s"s<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Pachy-</ets> + Gr. <grk>glw^ssa</grk> tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The condition of having an enlarged thick tongue.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>Pach`y*men`in*gi"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Pachy-</ets> + <ets>meningitis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>Pa*chym"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Pachy-</ets> + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Pachometer</er>.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>Pach"y*ote</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Pachy-</ets> + Gr. <?/, <?/, ear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a family of bats, including those which have thick external ears.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>Pachyrhizus</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots.</def><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Pachyrhizus</gen>.</syn><br/
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-<p><hw>pachysandra</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the genus <gen>Pachysandra</gen>; they are low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>pachytene</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The third stage of the prophase of meiosis, the stage in which the pairing of homologous chromosomes has been completed.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>pac"i*fi`a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being pacified or appeased; placable.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>pa*cif"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>pacificus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>pacifique</ets>. See <er>Pacify</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; <as>as, a <ex>pacific</ex> nature or condition.</as></def> <wns>[wns=3]</wns><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> peaceable.</syn><br/
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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Promoting peace; suited to make or restore peace; conciliatory; <as>as, <ex>pacific</ex> words or acts</as>.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> irenic.</syn><br/
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-<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to the <cref>Pacific Ocean</cref>; <as>as, <ex>Pacific</ex> islands</as>.</def><br/
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-<p><cs><col><b>Pacific Ocean</b></col>, <cd>the ocean between America and Asia, so called by <persfn>Magellan</persfn>, its first European navigator, on account of the exemption from violent tempests which he enjoyed while sailing over it; -- called also, simply, the <altname>Pacific</altname>, and, formerly, the <altname>South sea</altname>.</cd></cs><br/
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-<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Peacemaking; appeasing; conciliatory; tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; reconciling; mild; gentle.</syn><br/
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-<p><hw>Pacific</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The <cref>Pacific Ocean</cref>, the largest ocean.</def><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Pacific Ocean.</syn><br/
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-<p><hw>pa*cif"ic*a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Placable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>pa*cif"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to peace; pacific.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <au>Sir H. Wotton.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Pa*cif"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> <mark>[R.]</mark></wordforms><br/
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-<p><hw>Pa*cif`i*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>pacificatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>pacification</ets>. See <er>Pacify</er>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.</def> \'bdAn embassy of <xex>pacification</xex>.\'b8 <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>Pa*cif"i*ca`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, pacifies; a peacemaker.</def> <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>Pa*cif"i*ca*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>pacificatorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tending to make peace; conciliatory.</def> <rj><au>Barrow.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>pacificist</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A <er>pacifist</er>.</def><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> pacifist, disarmer.</syn><br/
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-<p>\'d8<hw>Pa*ci"fi*co</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. See <er>Pacific</er>.]</ety> <def>A peaceful person; -- applied specif. by the Spaniards to the natives in Cuba and the Philippine Islands who did not oppose the Spanish arms.</def></p>
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-<p><q>While we were going through the woods one of the <qex>pacificos</qex> pointed to a new grave.</q> <rj><qau>Harper's Weekly.</qau></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>Pac"i*fi`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who or that which pacifies.</def><br/
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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A small device, usually of rubber or plastic containing a protruding nipple-shaped portion which a baby may place in its mouth and suck on; -- it is used to keep babies contented.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>pacifism</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable.</def><br/
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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>pacifist</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A person opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes.</def><br/
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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A person whose strong belief in pacifism causes him/her to refuse to participate in military activities, especially one who refuses to be drafted into the armed forces.</def><br/
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-<p><mhw><hw>pacifist</hw> <hw>pacifistic</hw></mhw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Adhering to pacifism; opposed to war; -- of people.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>Pac"i*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Pacified</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Pacifying</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>pacifier</ets>, L. <ets>pacificare</ets>; <ets>pax</ets>, <ets>pacis</ets>, peace + <ets>-ficare</ets> (in comp.) to make. See <er>Peace</er>, and <er>-fy</er>.]</ety> <def>To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; <as>as, to <ex>pacify</ex> a man when angry; to <ex>pacify</ex> pride, appetite, or importunity.</as></def> \'bdPray ye, <xex>pacify</xex> yourself.\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle.</syn><br/
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-<p><q>To <qex>pacify</qex> and settle those countries.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>pacifying</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>freeing from fear and anxiety.</def><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> assuasive, calming, soothing.</syn><br/
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-<p><hw>pacing</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the speed at which a composition is to be played.</def><br/
-<syn><b>Syn. --</b> tempo.</syn><br/
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-<p><hw>Pa*cin"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, <person>Filippo <etsep>Pacini</etsep></person> (1812-1883), an Italian physician of the 19th century.</def><br/
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-<p><cs><col><b>Pacinian corpuscles</b></col>, <cd>small oval bodies terminating some of the minute branches of the sensory nerves in the skin of the fingers, mesentery, integument and other parts of the body; the corpuscula lamellosa; called also <altname>Vater's corpuscles</altname> and <altname>Vater-Pacini corpuscles</altname>. They are sensitive to pressure, and supposed to be tactile organs.</cd></cs><br/
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-<p><hw>Pack</hw> <pr>(p<acr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Pact</er>.]</ety> <def>A pact.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Daniel.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>Pack</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Akin to D. <ets>pak</ets>, G. <ets>pack</ets>, Dan. <ets>pakke</ets>, Sw. <ets>packa</ets>, Icel. <ets>pakki</ets>, Gael. & Ir. <ets>pac</ets>, Arm. <ets>pak</ets>. Cf. <er>Packet</er>.]</ety><br/
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-<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.</def> <rj><au>Piers Plowman.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[Cf. <er>Peck</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.</def> \'bdA <xex>pack</xex> of sorrows.\'b8 \'bdA <xex>pack</xex> of blessings.\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><note><hand/ \'bdIn England, by a <xex>pack</xex> of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of wool, 240 lbs.\'b8</note> <rj><au>McElrath.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A group or quantity of connected or similar things; <as>as, a <ex>pack</ex> of lies</as></def>; <specif>specifically:</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A full set of playing cards; a deck; also, the assortment used in a particular game; <as>as, a euchre <ex>pack</ex></as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A number of wolves, hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together; <as>as, a wolf <ex>pack</ex></as>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; <as>as, a <ex>pack</ex> of thieves or knaves</as>.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>A shook of cask stav