Chapter 1093

Pah <Xpage=1030>

Pah (?) , interj. An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. See Bah .

Fie! fie! fie! pah ! pah ! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination. Shak.

Pah <Xpage=1030>

Pah (?) , n. [From native name.] A kind of stockaded intrenchment. [New Zealand.]

Farrow.

Pahi <Xpage=1030>

Pa"hi (?) , n. (Naut.) A large war canoe of the Society Islands.

Pahlevi <Xpage=1030>

Pah"le*vi (?) , n. Same as Pehlevi .

Pahoehoe <Xpage=1030>

Pa*ho"e*ho`e (?) , n. (Min.) A name given in the Sandwich Islands to lava having a relatively smooth surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called a-a . <-- Sandwich islands = Hawaii -->

PahUtes <Xpage=1030>

Pah"*Utes` (?) , n. pl. (Ethnol.) See Utes .

Paid <Xpage=1030>

Paid (?) , imp., p. p., & a. of Pay . 1. Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney .

2. Satisfied; contented. [Obs.] " Paid of his poverty."

Chaucer.

Paideutics <Xpage=1030>

Pai*deu"tics (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ , fr. <?/ to teach, fr. <?/ , <?/ , a boy.] The science or art of teaching.

Paien <Xpage=1030>

Pai"en (?) , n. & a. Pagan. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Paigle <Xpage=1030>

Pai"gle (?) , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A species of Primula , either the cowslip or the primrose. [Written also pagle , pagil , peagle , and pygil .]

Paijama <Xpage=1030>

Pai*ja"ma (?) , n. Pyjama.

Pail <Xpage=1030>

Pail (?) , n. [OE. paile , AS. p\'91gel a wine vessel, a pail, akin to D. & G. pegel a watermark, a gauge rod, a measure of wine, Dan. p\'91gel half a pint.] A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover.

Shak.

Pailful <Xpage=1030>

Pail"ful (?) , n. ; pl. Pailfuls (<?/) . The quantity that a pail will hold. "By pailfuls ."

Shak.

Paillasse <Xpage=1030>

Pail*lasse" (?; F. <?/) , n. [F., fr. paille straw. See Pallet a bed.] An under bed or mattress of straw. [Written also palliasse .]

Pailmall <Xpage=1030>

Pail`mall" (?) , n. & a. See Pall-mall . [Obs.]

Pain <Xpage=1030>

Pain (?) , n. [OE. peine , F. peine , fr. L. poena , penalty, punishment, torment, pain; akin to Gr. <?/ penalty. Cf. Penal , Pine to languish, Punish .] 1. Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.

Chaucer.

We will, by way of mulct or pain , lay it upon him. Bacon.

Interpose, on pain of my displeasure. Dryden.

None shall presume to fly, under pain of death. Addison.

2. Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart. "The pain of Jesus Christ."

Chaucer.

&hand; Pain may occur in any part of the body where sensory nerves are distributed, and it is always due to some kind of stimulation of them. The sensation is generally referred to the peripheral end of the nerve.

3. pl. Specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth.

She bowed herself and travailed, for her pains came upon her. 1 Sam. iv. 19.

4. Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish.

Chaucer.

In rapture as in pain . Keble.

5. See Pains , labor, effort.

Bill of pains and penalties . See under Bill . -- To die in the pain , to be tortured to death. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Pain <Xpage=1030>

Pain , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pained (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Paining .] [OE. peinen , OF. pener , F. peiner to fatigue. See Pain , n. ] 1. To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish. [Obs.]

Wyclif (Acts xxii. 5).

2. To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him.

Excess of cold, as well as heat, pains us. Lock<?/

3. To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as a child's faults pain his parents.

I am pained at m<?/ very heart. Jer. iv. 19.

To pain one's self , to exert or trouble one's self; to take pains; to be solicitous. [Obs.] "She pained her to do all that she might."

Chaucer.

Syn. -- To disquiet; trouble; afflict; grieve; aggrieve; distress; agonize; torment; torture.

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Pain"a*ble (?) , a. [Cf. F. p\'82nible .] Causing pain; painful. [Obs.]

The manacles of Astyages were not . . . the less weighty and painable for being composed of gold or silver. Evelyn.

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Pain"ful (?) , a. 1. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing

Addison.

2. Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.

3. Painstaking; careful; industrious. [Obs.]

Fuller.

A very painful person, and a great clerk. Jer. Taylor.

Nor must the painful husbandman be tired. Dryden.

Syn. -- Disquieting; troublesome; afflictive; distressing; grievous; laborious; toilsome; difficult; arduous. -- Pain"ful*ly , adv. -- Pain"ful*ness , n.

Painim <Xpage=1030>

Pai"nim (?) , n. [OE. painime pagans, paganism, fr. OF. paienisme paganism, LL. paganismus . See Paganism , Pagan .] A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively. [Written also panim and paynim .]

Peacham.

Painless <Xpage=1030>

Pain"less (?) , a. Free from pain; without pain. -- Pain"less*ly , adv. -- Pain"less*ness , n.

Pains <Xpage=1030>

Pains (?) , n. Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural in form, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former.

And all my pains is sorted to no proof. Shak.

The pains they had taken was very great. Clarendon.

The labored earth your pains have sowed and tilled. Dryden.

Painstaker <Xpage=1030>

Pains"tak`er (?) , n. One who takes pains; one careful and faithful in all work.

Gay.

Painstaking <Xpage=1030>

Pains"tak`ing , a. Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive. " Painstaking men."

Harris.

Painstaking <Xpage=1030>

Pains"tak`ing , n. The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance.

Beau. & Fl.

Painsworthy <Xpage=1030>

Pains"wor`thy (?) , a. Worth the pains o<?/ care bestowed.

Paint <Xpage=1030>

Paint (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Painted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Painting .] [OE. peinten , fr. F. peint , p . p . o<?/ peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere , pictum ; cf. Gr. <?/ many-colored, Skr. pic to adorn. Cf. Depict , Picture , Pigment , Pint .]

1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc .

Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. 2 Kings ix. 30.

2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.

Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. Shak.

Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight. Shak.

3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape .

4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.

Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. Shak.

If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. Pope.

Syn. -- To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe.

Paint <Xpage=1030>

Paint , v. t. 1. To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well .

2. To color one's face by way of beautifying it .

Let her paint an inch thick. Shak.

Paint <Xpage=1030>

Paint , n. 1. (a) A pigment or coloring substance. (b) The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface.

2. A cosmetic; rouge.

Praed.

Painted <Xpage=1030>

Paint"ed , a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.

As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Coleridge.

2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting.

Painted beauty (Zo\'94l.) , a handsome American butterfly ( Vanessa Huntera ), having a variety of bright colors, -- Painted cup (Bot.) , any plant of an American genus of herbs ( Castilleia ) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. -- Painted finch . See Nonpareil . -- Painted lady (Zo\'94l.) , a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly . -- Painted turtle (Zo\'94l.) , a common American freshwater tortoise ( Chrysemys picta ), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.

Painter <Xpage=1030>

Paint"er (?) , n. [OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. panti\'8are , LL. panthera , L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. <?/ ; <?/ all + <?/ beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear .] (Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything.

Totten.

Painter <Xpage=1030>

Paint"er , n. [Corrupt. of panther .] (Zo\'94l.) The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.]

J. F. Cooper.

Painter <Xpage=1030>

Paint"er , n. [See lst Paint .] One whose occupation is to paint ; esp.: (a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint . (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like.

Painter's colic . (Med.) See Lead colic , under Colic . -- Painter stainer . (a) A painter of coats of arms. Crabb. (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name.

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Painterly <Xpage=1031>

Paint"er*ly (?) , a. Like a painter's work. [Obs.] "A painterly glose of a visage."

Sir P. Sidney.

Paintership <Xpage=1031>

Paint"er*ship , n. The state or position of being a painter. [R.]

Br. Gardiner.

Painting <Xpage=1031>

Paint"ing , n. 1. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.

2. (Fine Arts) The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture.

3. Color laid on; paint. [R.]

Shak.

4. A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.

Syn. -- See Picture .

Paintless <Xpage=1031>

Paint"less , a. Not capable of being painted or described. "In paintless patience."

Savage.

Painture <Xpage=1031>

Pain"ture (?) , n. [F. peinture . See Paint , v. t. , and cf. Picture .] The art of painting. [Obs.]

Chaucer. Dryden.

Painty <Xpage=1031>

Paint"y (?) , a. Unskillfully painted, so that the painter's method of work is too obvious; also, having too much pigment applied to the surface. [Cant]

Pair <Xpage=1031>

Pair (?) , n. [F. paire , LL. paria , L. paria , pl. of par pair, fr. par , adj., equal. Cf. Apparel , Par equality, Peer an equal.]

1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs . "A pair of beads." Chaucer . Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." Macaulay . [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.]

Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards. Beau. & Fl.

2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.

3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen.

4. A married couple; a man and wife. "A happy pair ." Dryden . "The hapless pair ." Milton .

5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.

6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote . [Parliamentary Cant]

7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion.

&hand; Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a turning pair , a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair , a screw and its nut a twisting pair , etc. Any pair in which the constraining contact is along lines or at points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is designated a higher pair ; any pair having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower pair .

Pair royal (pl. Pairs Royal ) three things of a sort; -- used especially of playing cards in some games, as cribbage; as three kings, three "eight spots" etc. Four of a kind are called a double pair royal . "Something in his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of naturals in my own hand." Goldsmith . "That great pair royal of adamantine sisters [the Fates]." Quarles . [Written corruptly parial and prial .]

Syn. -- Pair , Flight , Set . Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but was applied to any number of equal things ( pares ), that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair (pack) of cards. A " pair of stairs" is still in popular use, as well as the later expression, "flight of stairs."

Pair <Xpage=1031>

Pair , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Paired (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pairing .] 1. To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for breeding.

2. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.

My heart was made to fit and pair with thine. Rowe.

3. Same as To pair off . See phrase below.

To pair off , to separate from a company in pairs or couples; specif. ( Parliamentary Cant ), to agree with one of the opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on specified questions or issues. See Pair , n. , 6.

Pair <Xpage=1031>

Pair , v. t. 1. To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another.

Glossy jet is paired with shining white. Pope.

2. To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions. [Parliamentary Cant]

Paired fins . (Zo\'94l.) See under Fin .

Pair <Xpage=1031>

Pair , v. t. [See Impair .] To impair. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Pairer <Xpage=1031>

Pair"er (?) , n. One who impairs. [Obs.]

Wyclif.

Pairing <Xpage=1031>

Pair"ing , n. [See Pair , v. i. ] 1. The act or process of uniting or arranging in pairs or couples.

2. See To pair off , under Pair , v. i.

Pairyng time , the time when birds or other animals pair.

Pairment <Xpage=1031>

Pair"ment (?) , n. Impairment. [Obs.]

Wyclif.

Pais <Xpage=1031>

Pa`is (?) , n. [OF. pu\'8bs , F. pays , country.] (O. E. Law) The country; the people of the neighborhood.

&hand; A trial per pais is a trial by the country, that is, by a jury; and matter in pais is matter triable by the country, or jury.

Paisano <Xpage=1031>

Pa`i*sa"no (?) , n. [Sp., of the country, <?/ative.] (Zo\'94l.) The chaparral cock.

Paise <Xpage=1031>

Paise (?) , n. [ Obs .] See Poise .

Chapman.

Pajock <Xpage=1031>

Pa"jock (?) , n. A peacock. [Obs.]

Shak.

Pakfong <Xpage=1031>

Pak"fong` (?) , n. See Packfong .

Pal <Xpage=1031>

Pal (?) , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate. [Slang]

Palace <Xpage=1031>

Pal"ace (?) , n. [OE. palais , F. palais , fr. L. palatium , fr. Palatium , one of the seven hills of Rome, <?/ which Augustus had his residence. Cf. Paladin .]

1. The residence of a sovereign, including the lodgings of high officers of state, and rooms for business, as well as halls for ceremony and reception.

Chaucer.

2. The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage.

3. Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house.

Palace car . See under Car . -- Palace court , a court having jurisdiction of personal actions arising within twelve miles of the palace at Whitehall. The court was abolished in 1849. [Eng.]

Mozley & W.

Palacious <Xpage=1031>

Pa*la"cious (?) , a. Palatial. [Obs.]

Graunt.

Paladin <Xpage=1031>