Chapter 1116

Pa*tris"tics (?) , n. That departnent of historical theology which treats of the lives and doctrines of the Fathers of the church.

Patrizate <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tri*zate (?) , v. i. [L. patrissare , patrizare ;cf. Gr. <?/.] To imitate one's father. [R.]

Patrocinate <Xpage=1051>

Pa*troc"i*nate (?) , v. t. [L. patrocinatus , p.p. of patrocinari to patronize, fr. patronus patron.] To support; to patronize. [Obs.]

Urquhart.

Patrocination <Xpage=1051>

Pa*troc`i*na"tion (?) , n. The act of patrocinating or patronizing. [Obs.] " Patrocinations of treason."

Bp. Hall.

Patrociny <Xpage=1051>

Pa*troc"i*ny (?) , n. [L. patrocinium .] [Obs.] See Patrocination .

Patrol <Xpage=1051>

Pa*trol" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Patrolled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Patrolling .] [F. patrouiller , O. & Prov. F. patrouiller to paddle, paw about, patrol, fr. patte a paw; cf. D. poot paw, G. pfote , and E. pat , v.] To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.

Patrol <Xpage=1051>

Pa*trol" (?) , v. t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.

Patrol <Xpage=1051>

Pa*trol" , n. [F. patrouille , OF. patouille . See Patrol , v. i. ] 1. (Mil.) (a) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts. (b) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts. (c) The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.

2. Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol ; a fire patrol .

In France there is an army of patrols to secure her fiscal regulations. A. Hamilton.

Patrole <Xpage=1051>

Pa*trole" (?) , n. & v. See Patrol , n. & v.

Patrolman <Xpage=1051>

Pa*trol"man (?) , n. ; pl. Patrolmen (<?/) . One who patrols; a watchman; especially, a policeman who patrols a particular precinct of a town or city.

Patron <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tron (?) , n. [F., fr. L. patronus , fr. pater a father. See Paternal , and cf. Patroon , Padrone , Pattern .] 1. One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. " Patron of my life and liberty." Shak. "The patron of true holiness." Spenser .

2. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him. (b) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself. (c) An advocate or pleader.

Let him who works the client wrong Beware the patron 's ire. Macaulay.

3. One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art .

4. (Eccl. Law) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. [Eng.]

5. A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint .

6. (Naut.) See Padrone , 2.

Patrons of Husbandry , the grangers. See Granger , 2.

Patron <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tron , v. t. To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Patron <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tron , a. Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.

Dryden.

Patron saint (R. C. Ch.) , a saint regarded as the peculiar protector of a country, community, church, profession, etc., or of an individual.

Patronage <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tron*age (?) , n. [F. patronage . Cf. LL. patronaticum , and L. patronatus .] 1. Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author.

2. Business custom. [Commercial Cant]

3. Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.

Addison.

4. The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor.

5. (Eng. Law) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.

Blackstone.

Patronage <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tron*age , v. t. To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. [Obs.]

Shak.

Patronal <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tron*al (?) , a. [L. patronalis ; cf. F. patronal .] Patron; protecting; favoring. [R.]

Sir T. Browne.

Patronate <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tron*ate (?) , n. [L. patronatus .] The right or duty of a patron; patronage. [R.]

Westm. Rev.

Patroness <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tron*ess (?) , n. [Cf. F. patronnesse .] A female patron or helper.

Spenser.

Night, best patroness of grief. Milton.

Patronization <Xpage=1051>

Pa`tron*i*za"tion (?) , n. The act of patronizing; patronage; support. [R.]

Patronize <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tron*ize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Patronized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Patronizing (?) .] 1. To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid.

The idea has been patronized by two States only. A. Hamilton.

2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer. [Commercial Cant]

3. To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals .

Patronizer <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tron*i`zer (?) , n. One who patronizes.

Patronizing <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tron*i`zing (?) , a. Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another. -- Pat"ron*i`zing*ly , adv. Thackeray.

Patronless <Xpage=1051>

Pa"tron*less (?) , a. Destitute of a patron.

Patronomayology <Xpage=1051>

Pa`tro*nom`a*yol"o*gy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/, <?/, a father + E. onomatology .] That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics.

Patronymic <Xpage=1051>

Pa`tro*nym"ic (?) , a. [L. patronymicus , Gr. <?/; <?/ father + <?/ name: cf. F. patronymique .] Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination .

Patronymic <Xpage=1051>

Pa`tro*nym"ic , n. [Gr. <?/.] A modification of the father's name borne by the son; a name derived from that of a parent or ancestor; as, Pelides , the son of Peleus; Johnson , the son of John; Macdonald , the son of Donald; Paulowitz , the son of Paul ; also, the surname of a family; the family name.

M. A. Lower.

Patronymical <Xpage=1051>

Pa`tro*nym"ic*al (?) , a. Same as Patronymic .

Patroon <Xpage=1051>

Pa*troon" (?) , n. [D. patroon a patron, a protector. See Patron .] One of the proprietors of certain tracts of land with manorial privileges and right of entail, under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.

Patroonship <Xpage=1051>

Pa*troon"ship , n. The office of a patroon.

Irving.

Patt\'82, Pattee <Xpage=1051>

Pat`t\'82" (?) , Pat*tee" (?) , a. [F. patt\'82 , fem. patt\'82e , fr. patte paw, foot. Cf. Patten .] (Her.) Narrow at the inner, and very broad at the other, end, or having its arms of that shape; -- said of a cross. See Illust . (8) of Cross . [Written also pat\'82 , patee .]

Pattemar <Xpage=1051>

Pat"te*mar (?) , n. See Patamar .

Patten <Xpage=1051>

Pat"ten (?) , n. [F. patin a high-heeled shoe, fr. patte paw, foot. Cf. Panton , Patt\'82 .] 1. A clog or sole of wood, usually supported by an iron ring, worn to raise the feet from the wet or the mud.

The patten now supports each frugal dame. Gay.

2. A stilt. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Pattened <Xpage=1051>

Pat"ten*ed (?) , a. Wearing pattens. "Some pattened girl."

Jane Austen.

Patter <Xpage=1051>

Pat"ter (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Pattered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pattering .] [Freq. of pat to strike gently.] 1. To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.

The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard. Thomson.

2. To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips . Tyndale . [In this sense, and in the following, perh. from pater noster.]

3. To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.]

I've gone out and pattered to get money. Mayhew.

Patter <Xpage=1051>

Pat"ter , v. t. 1. To spatter; to sprinkle. [R.] "And patter the water about the boat."

J. R. Drake.

2. [See Patter , v. i. , 2.] To mutter; as prayers.

[The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers. Longfellow.

To patter flash , to talk in thieves' cant. [Slang]

Patter <Xpage=1051>

Pat"ter , n. 1. A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.

2. Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.

3. The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter ; gypsies' patter .

Patterer <Xpage=1051>

Pat"ter*er (?) , n. One who patters, or talks glibly; specifically, a street peddler. [Cant, Eng.]

Pattern <Xpage=1051>

Pat"tern (?) , n. [OE. patron , F. patron , a patron, also, a pattern. See Patron .] 1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine .

I will be the pattern of all patience. Shak.

2. A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.

He compares the pattern with the whole piece. Swift.

3. Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern .

4. Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern .

5. Something made after a model; a copy.

Shak.

The patterns of things in the heavens. Heb. ix. 23.

6. Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern .

7. (Founding) A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it.

<-- a definable characteristic relationship between the members of any set of objects or actions; also, the set having a definable relationship between its members.

Thus: the distribution of bomb or shell impacts on a target area, or of bullet holes in a target; a set of traits or actions that appear to be consistent throughout the members of a group or over time within a group, as behavioral pattern, traffic pattern, dress pattern -->

Pattern box , chain , &or; cylinder (Figure Weaving) , devices, in a loom, for presenting several shuttles to the picker in the proper succession for forming the figure. -- Pattern card . (a) A set of samples on a card . (b) (Weaving) One of the perforated cards in a Jacquard apparatus. -- Pattern reader , one who arranges textile patterns. -- Pattern wheel (Horology) , a count-wheel.

Pattern <Xpage=1051>

Pat"tern , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Patterned (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Patterning .] 1. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.

Milton.

[A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise. Sir T. Herbert.

2. To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.

To pattern after , to imitate; to follow.

Patty <Xpage=1051>

Pat"ty (?) , n. ; pl. Patties (#) . [F. p\'83t\'82 . See Pasty .] A little pie.

Pattypan <Xpage=1051>

Pat"ty*pan` (?) , n. 1. A pan for baking patties.

2. A patty. [Obs.]

Patulous <Xpage=1051>

Pat"u*lous (?) , a. [L. patulus , fr. patere to be open, extend.] Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers.

The eyes are large and patulous . Sir J. Hill.

Pau <Xpage=1051>

Pau (?) , n. See Pah .

Pauciloquent <Xpage=1051>

Pau*cil"o*quent (?) , a. Uttering few words; brief in speech. [R.]

Pauciloquy <Xpage=1051>

Pau*cil"o*quy (?) , n. [L. pauciloquium ; paucus little + loqui to speak.] Brevity in speech. [R.]

Paucispiral <Xpage=1051>

Pau`ci*spi"ral (?) , a. [L. paucus few + E. spiral .] (Zo\'94l.) Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum or shell .

Paucity <Xpage=1051>

Pau"ci*ty (?) , n. [L. paucitas , fr. paucus few, little: cf. F. paucit\'82 See Few .] 1. Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity.

Hooker.

Revelation denies it by the stern reserve, the paucity , and the incompleteness, of its communications. I. Taylor.

2. Smallnes of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood .

Sir T. Browne.

Paugie, Paugy <Xpage=1051>

Pau"gie , Pau"gy (?) , n. ; pl. Paugies (#) . [Corrupted from Amer. Indian mishcuppauog . See Scup .] (Zo\'94l.) The scup. See Porgy , and Scup .

Pauhaugen <Xpage=1051>

Pau*hau"gen (?) , n. [North Amer. Indian.] (Zo\'94l.) The menhaden; -- called also poghaden .

Paul <Xpage=1051>

Paul (?) , n. See Pawl .

Paul <Xpage=1051>

Paul , n. An Italian silver coin. See Paolo .

Pauldron <Xpage=1051>

Paul"dron (?) , n. [See Powldron .] (Mil. Antiq.) A piece of armor covering the shoulder at the junction of the body piece and arm piece.

Paulian, Paulianist <Xpage=1051>

Pau"li*an (?) , Pau"li*an*ist (?) , n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Paul of Samosata, a bishop of Antioch in the third century, who was deposed for denying the divinity of Christ.

Paulician <Xpage=1051>

Pau"li*cian (?) , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Christian dualists originating in Armenia in the seventh century. They rejected the Old Testament and the part of the New.

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Paulin <Xpage=1053>

Pau"lin (?) , n. (Naut.) See Tarpaulin .

Pauline <Xpage=1053>

Pau"line (?) , 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 epistles; Pauline doctrine.

My religion had always been Pauline . J. H. Newman.

Paulist <Xpage=1053>

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 the members were formerly Protestants.

Paulownia <Xpage=1053>

Pau*low"ni*a (?) , n. [NL. So named from the Russian princess Anna Pavlovna .] (Bot.) A genus of trees of the order Scrophulariace\'91 , consisting of one species, Paulownia imperialis .

&hand; The tree is native to Japan, and has immense heart-shaped leaves, and large purplish flowers in panicles. The capsules contain many little winged seeds, which are beautiful microscopic objects. The tree is hardy in America as far north as Connecticut.

Paum <Xpage=1053>

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

Swift.

Paunce <Xpage=1053>

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

Spenser.

Paunch <Xpage=1053>

Paunch (?) , 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 ruminants. See Rumen .

2. (Naut.) A paunch mat; -- called also panch .

3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.

Paunch mat (Naut.) , a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.

Paunch <Xpage=1053>

Paunch , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Paunched (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Paunching .] 1. To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.

Shak.

2. To stuff with food. [Obs.]

Udall.

Paunchy <Xpage=1053>

Paunch"y (?) , a. Pot-bellied. [R.]

Dickens.

Paune <Xpage=1053>

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

Pauper <Xpage=1053>

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

Pauperism <Xpage=1053>

Pau"per*ism (?) , n. [Cf. F. paup\'82risme .] The state of being a pauper; the state of indigent persons requiring support from the community.

Whatly.

Syn. -- Poverty; indigence; penury; want; need; destitution. See Poverty .

Pauperization <Xpage=1053>

Pau`per*i*za"tion (?) , n. The act or process of reducing to pauperism.

C. Kingsley.

Pauperize <Xpage=1053>

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

Pauropoda <Xpage=1053>