PACKING-PRESS PA, n. An infantine abbreviation of papa. PA'AS, n. [Dutch, paasch.] The name commonly given to the festival of Easter in the state of New York. PA'CA. For "Celogenys," read Cologenys. РАСЕ, PASE, >n. Easter. [Scotch.] PAYS, PASCH, PACE, n. [add.] In the manege, the pace is of three kinds-the walk, the trot, and the gallop, to which may be added an amble. PACE, v. t. [add.] To walk over with measured paces; as, the sentinel paces his round. PACE,† v. i. or t. [Fr. passer.] To pass away; to surpass; to exceed. [Chaucer.] PACH'ACAM'AC, n. The name given by the idolaters of Peru to the being whom they worshipped as the creator of the universe, and who was held by them in the highest veneration. PACHYBLEPHARO'SIS,n.[Gr. Taxus, thick, and Baspage, the eyelid.] The thickening of the tissue of the eyelid from chronic inflammation. PACHYCEPHALI'NE, n. [Gr. Taxus, thick, and xpaan, head.] Swainson's name for the great-headed chatterers, the second subfamily of the ampelidæ, or chatterers. PACHYP'TILA, n. [Gr. xaxus, thick, and e, a soft feather.] The whalebird, a genus of web-footed birds allied PACK'AGE, n. [add.] Package, scavage, baillage, and portage, duties formerly charged in the port of London on the goods imported and exported by aliens, or by denizens being the sons of aliens. They were abolished by 3 and 4 Wm. IV. PACK'-DUCK, n. A coarse sort of linen for pack-cloths. PACK ET, v. i. In the United States, to ply with a packet or despatch-vessel. PACK'ING, ppr. [add.] To send packing or a-packing, is to bundle a person off, or to dismiss him without cere mony. PACK'ING-PRESS, n. The hydraulic press, invented by Mr. Bramah, fre PADDLE, n. [add.] A panel made to fit the openings left in lock-gates and sluices, for the purpose of letting the water in and out as may be required. PAD'DLE-BEAMS, n. In steam-vessels, two large beams projecting over the sides of a vessel, between which the paddle-wheels revolve. PAD'DLE-SHAFT, n. In steam-vessels, the axis on which the paddle-wheels revolve. PAD'DLE-WHEELS, Įn. The wheels, PAD'DLES, placed one on each side of a steam-vessel, which carry the floats, or paddles, and are driven by steam, in order to propel the vessel. PÆDERIA, n. A genus of shrubby plants, nat. order Cinchonaceæ. P. fætida is a native of the East Indies. The leaves have a very fetid and alliaceous odour when bruised, and are used, in decoction, medicinally in cases of retention of urine, and some febrile complaints. PEDOTROPHY, n. [Gr.is, a PADOTROPHIA, child, and rew, to nourish.] That branch of hygiene which treats of the nourishment of infants and children. PAG ADORE,† n. [Sp. pagador.] A paymaster or treasurer. [Spenser.] PAG'INA, n. [L. a leaf or page.] In bot., a term applied to the surface of a leaf. PAGINA'TION, n. Act of paging; marks or figures on pages. PAG'ING, n. The act of marking the pages of a book. PAGU RIDE, n. Same as PAGURIANS,-which see. PAGU RUS, n. A genus of anomurous crustaceans, known by the names of soldier and hermit crabs. [See PAGURIANS.] PAH, n. In New Zealand, a fortified native camp. PAIDE, † pp. Pleased; paid. [ChauPAYED,† cer.] PAIDEU TIES, n. [Gr. Taidow, to teach.] The science of teaching, or of education. PAI'DLE, n. A hoe; a paddle; a plough-staff. [Scotch.] PAI'DLE, v. i. To walk with short, quick steps, like a child; to move backwards and forwards with short steps, or to work with the feet in water, mud, or any liquid substance. [Scotch.] PAIE,† v. t. [Fr. payer.] To please; to satisfy; to pacify; to pay. [See PAY.] [Chaucer.] PAIE,† n. Liking; satisfaction. [Chaucer.] PAIK, v. t. To beat; to drub. [Scotch.] PALATO-SALPINGEUS dairies, a hard brush, furnished with bristles at the end, to clean the angles of vessels. PAILLASSE', n. (pal-yas'.) [Fr.] An under bed of straw. PAILLET,† n. [Fr. paille.] A pallet; a couch, properly of straw. [Chaucer.j PAIN, n. [add.] Difficulty. PAIN,† v. i. To endeavour; to take pains. [Chaucer, Spenser.] PAINDEMAINE',+ n. [Fr. pain, bread, and Maine, a province, where it was perhaps made in the greatest perfection.] A sort of fine white bread. [Chaucer.] PAINE-FORT-ET-DURE. See PEINEFORT-ET-DURE. PAINS, n. Labour; work; toil; care; trouble.-According to the best usage, the word pains, though of plural form, is used in the above senses as singular, and is joined with a singular verb; as, the pains they had taken was very great; no pains is taken; great pains is taken; much pains. PAINT, v. t. [add.] To embellish rhetorically. [Shak.] PAINT'ER, n. In the United States, the popular name of the cougar or panther (Felis concolor). PAINT'ER'S-PURGE, n. A medicine used in painter's colic. It consists of a decoction of senna, with sulphate of magnesia, and wine of antimony. PAINTER-STAINERS, n. A company of the incorporated trades in the city of London. PAINTING, n. [add.] The act or employment of laying on colours, PAINT-STRAKE, n. In ships, the uppermost strake of plank immediately below the plank-sheer. It is also called the sheer-strake. (See STRAKE.] PAIRE,† v. t. [Fr.] To impair; to hurt; to injure. [Chaucer.] PAIS,† n. [Fr. pays.] A county; the people out of whom a jury is taken. PAIX'HAM GUN, n. [From the name of the inventor.] A howitzer of great weight and strength, for throwing shells of a very large size. PAK FONG, n. See PACKFONG. PALEONTOGRAPHICAL, a. Relating to the description of fossils. The Palæontographical Society of London have published many quarto volumes. PAL'ASINS,+ n. plur. [From Fr. palais.] Ladies palasins, ladies belonging to the court. [Chaucer.] PALATABLY, adv. In a palatable manner; agreeably. PAL'ATE, n. [add.] In man the palate is composed of two parts, one of which, called the hard palate, forms an arch in the anterior part of the mouth, and the other, called the soft palate, lying in the posterior part of the mouth, consists of a membranous curtain of muscular and cellular tissue, from the middle of which hangs the uvula. PALA TO-PHARYNGE US, n. [L. palatum, the palate, and pharyngeus, from Gr. pagu, the pharynx.] A muscle situated at the side of the entry of the fauces. It assists in shutting the passage into the nostrils, and in swallowing. PALA TO SALPINGE'US, n. [L. palatum, and Gr. cadry, a trumpet.] PAL FREIS,† n. Pal Palettes. freys; horses for the road, as distinguished from stedes (steeds), which are horses for the battle. [Chaucer.] PALICOU'REA, n. A genus of plants, nat. order Rubiacea or Cinchonacea. The species are American shrubs, wholly destitute of pubescence. Palicourea marcgraavii is a poisonous plant, used in Brazil to kill rats and mice. The leaves of Palicourea speciosa, or gold-shrub, are said to be antisyphilitic. The decoction in large doses forms a real poison. Palicourea officinalis is reported to be a powerful diuretic; and Palicourea tinctoria, forms a fine red dye, much valued in Peru. PAL'ING, n. [add.] Stripes on cloth resembling pales. [Chaucer.] PAL'ING-MAN, n. In law, a merchant denizen, or one born within the English pale. PAL'INODY,† n. A palinode. PALISA'DO, v. t. Same as PALISADE. PAL'KEE, n. [Hind.] In the East Indies, a palanquin. PALL, n. [add.] A detent or click, that is, a small piece of metal or wood which falls between the teeth of a ratchetwheel or of a windlass, to prevent its revolving backwards. [See cut in Dict. PAWL.] Also, in ancient costume, the name given to fine cloth used for the robes of nobles. PALL,† n. Nausea, or nauseating. PALLA'DION,† n. See PALLADIUM. [Chaucer.] PAL'LAH, n. A species of antelope (Antilope melampus) found in South Africa. PALL'ED, pp. [add.] Made pale. [Chaucer.] PALL-HOLDER, n. Terms applied PALL-BEARER, to those who at PALSGRAVINE tend the coffin at a funeral, from the pall, or covering of the body which they formerly carried. PAL'LIAL, a. Pertaining to a mantle, especially the mantle of shell-fishes. PALLIASSE', n. See PAILLASSE in this Supp. PAL LIATE, v. t. [add.] To cloak. PAL'LIO-BRANCHIA TA, n. [L. pallium, a mantle, and branchia, gills.] A class of acephalous mollusca, in which the gills are developed from the mantle. This term is synonymous with brachiopoda of Cuvier. PALMA, n. [L.] The palm of the hand. PAL MAR, a. [add.] Long palmar muscle, a muscle which is a flexor of the wrist.-Short palmar muscle, a muscle which contracts the skin of the palm. PAL MATE, n. A salt formed of palmic acid and a base. PAL'MATELY, adv. In a palmate manner. PALMATIL ́OBATE, a. [Palmate, and lobate.] In bot., a palmate leaf, in which the lobes are divided to an uncertain depth. PALMATIP'. ARTITE, a. [Palmate, and partite.] A palmate leaf, in which the lobes are divided beyond the middle, a. PANCHA-TANTRA PAL'SY-WORT, or PASS-WORT, PAM BAN-MANCHÉ,) n. A long nar- row Indian boat, used on the Malabar coast, for conveying persons on the rivers and back-waters. The snake-boat is hollowed out of a single tree, and is thirty to sixty feet long, and not exceeding three feet broad. The largest ones are sculled by twenty men, double-banked, and when pressed they attain a speed of twelve miles an hour. PAMPAS, n. The name given to vast plains in some parts of South America, more especially in Peru and La Plata. PAM PERER, n. One who pampers. PAM PHILA, n. A genus of diurnal lepidopterous insects of the family Hesperiadæ, of which four species are found in the British Islands. PAM PRED,† pp. [Fr. pampre, a vinebranch full of leaves.] Pampered; made plump. [Chaucer.] PAN, n. [add.] The skull; the head. PAN, n. [add.] Christ viewed as the Chief Shepherd; as, the great good Pan upon Mount Olivet. [Spenser.] PAN'ABASE, n. [Gr. rav, all, and base.] A gray copper-ore. and the parenchyma is not interrupted. [Chaucer.] PALMATI SEC'TED, [Palmate, and L. sectus.] A palmate leaf, in which the lobes are divided down to the midrib, and the parenchyma is interrupted. PALM'-BIRD, n. A beautiful bird of PALMERES,† n. (pàw'mers.) Palmers; PA'LO-DE-VA'CA, n. [Sp.] The cow- PALPEBROUS, a. Having large eye lids. PANACHE, n. (panash'.) [Fr.] In arch., the French name for a species of pen dentive, formed by a portion of a domical vault intercepted between one horizontal and two vertical surfaces. It occurs when a round tower or dome is carried over a square substructure, as when a dome is raised on the square formed by the crossing of the nave and transept of a church. In this case the panache P becomes a spherical triangle, bounded by three arcs, viz., the arch of the nave A, the arch of the transept B, and the circle C, which serves as the springing of the dome or tower.A group of feathers on the apex of the helmet. PANCÄRTE', n. [Fr., L. pancharta.] A royal charter, confirming the enjoyment of all his possessions to a subject. PAN'CHA-TAN'TRA, n. A celebrated PANES collection of fables in the Sanscrit language. PANCH'ION,n. [Qu.Fr. pansu, paunchbellied.] A vessel used in dairies for milk, and in washing. It is common in the south-east of England, where the word is generally understood. PANCHREST US, n. [Gr. sav, all, and Xeros, useful.] A medicine of general usefulness. PANCH'-WAY,n. A Bengal four-oared boat for passengers. PAN ERATIST, n. One skilled in gymnastic exercises. PAN'CREAS, n. [add.] Small pancreas, a small glandular mass, frequently found beneath the pancreas, and of similar structure. PANCREATI€,a.[add.] The use of the pancreatic juice, in the animal economy, was unknown till our own day; but, in the year 1849, M. Ch. Bernard discovered that "it serves to modify, in an especial manner, or to digest the fatty matters contained in our aliment, and to permit in this manner their ultimate absorption by the lacteal vessels." PANCREATIC DUCT, n. The duct formed by the union of the numerous excretory ducts proceeding from the lobules of the pancreas. PANCREATITIS, n. Inflammation of the pancreas. PAN'DA, n. A quadruped of the genus Ailurus, the A. refulgens. It is a native of the woody parts of the moun Panda, Ailurus refulgens. tains of Northern India, and is of a bright fulvous colour. Caps are made from its fur. In Nepaul it is called wah. No quadruped excels it in climbing. PAN'DARISM, n. for PANDERISM. [Swift.] PAN'DARIZE,† v. i. To act the part of a pander. PANDE AN, instead of PANDEAN. PANDICULATED, a. Stretched out; extended. PAN'DOOR, n. [add.] A name given to a kind of light infantry soldiers in the Austrian service. PANDO'RA, n. [add.] A genus of conchiferous molluscs, found in the sandy shores of Europe at a considerable depth. PANDOW'DY, n. Food made of bread and apples baked together. PAN'DRESS, n. A female who panders. PAN DURATED, a. Panduriform. PANED, a. Variegated; composed of small squares. PANEGYRICALLY, adv. By way of panegyric. PAN EMORE, n. A globular windmill proposed to be erected in the middle of a ship, for turning wheels and paddles. PANES, n. In ancient costume, openings or slashes in dress, to show the garments beneath, or for the insertion of other colours in silks or rich stuffs, which were drawn through them. PANTOLOGY PANG'ED, pp. Crammed; stuffed. [Scotch.] An PANIER, n. [L. panitarius.] PAN'NIER, attendant or domestic who waits at table, and gives bread (panis), wine, &c., to those who dine. The term is still in use in the learned societies of the Inner and Middle Temple, having been handed down from the knight-templars. PAN'NIC, n. In bot. [See PANIPAN'NICLE, CUM.] PAN'NIER, n. [See PANIER.] PAN NIER-MAN, A name formerly given to the man who wound the horn and rang the bell at the inns of court. It is now commonly applied to all the domestics who wait in the hall at the time of dinner. PANS' WAY, n. A fishing-boat used on the Ganges, near Calcutta; 26 to 50 feet long, flat, with a rounded stern, and generally surmounted by a shed of planks or mats covered with a thatched roof. PANT, n. A public well in the street of a town or village. [Local.] PANT'AGOGUE, n. [Gr. v, all, and ay, to expel.] A medicine which expels all morbid matter. PANTAGRU'ELISM, n. A burlesque term applied to the profession of medicine. Used by Southey in the Doctor.] PANTALETS', n. plur. Loose drawers, resembling pantaloons, worn by females and children. PAN'TAMORPH, n. [See PANTAMORPHIC.] That which has all shapes. PANTHEOLOGIST, n. One who is versed in pantheology. PANTHEOLOGY, n. [Gr. as, av, all, Otos, God, and Aoyos, discourse.] An entire system of divinity. PANTHEON, n. [add.] In the classics, this word is pronounced pan'theon. PANTHERINE, a. Belonging to the panther, or resembling it in marking. PANTO BLES, n. Slippers; pantofles. PAN'TOFLE, or PANTO FLE, n. PANTOLOGICAL, a. Relating to pantology. PANTOLOGIST, n. One who treats of, or is versed in pantology. PANTOLO'GY, n. [add.] A work or treatise of universal instruction or PANTS, n. plur. An abbreviation of pantaloons. [American and trivial.] PAPALLY, adv. In a papal manner; popishly. PAPAVERA'CEOUS, a. Belonging to the poppy. PAPELARD,† n. [Fr.] A dissembler; a flatterer; a hypocrite. [Chaucer.] PAP'ELARDIE,+ n. [Fr.] Hypocrisy ; flattery. [Chaucer.] PA'PER-BOOK, n. An issue in law is so called when copied on paper, for the purpose of delivering to the judges; called also demurrer-book. Such issues were formerly made up by the clerk of the papers, who was an officer for that purpose, but now by the plaintiff's attorney or agent. PA'PER-DAYS, n. In each of the common-law courts there are certain days in each term, called paper-days, because the court on those days hear the causes which have been entered in the paper for argument before they enter upon motions. PA'PER-HANGINGS, n. See PAPER, a. PA'PER-OFFICE, n. An ancient office in the palace of Whitehall, where all the public writings, matters of state and council, letters, intelligences, negotiations with foreign states, &c., are lodged and disposed by way of library.-Also, an office or room in the court of queen's bench where the records belonging to that court are deposited. It is sometimes called paper-mill. PA'PER-WHITE, a. White as paper. PAPETERIE, n. (pap'-tree.) [Fr.] An ornamented case or box, containing paper and other materials for writing. PAPIER-LIN'GE, n. [Fr.] A sort of paper manufactured in France. It resembles damask and other linen so completely as to require narrow inspection to discover the difference. PAP'IER-MA'CHE, instead of PA'PIER-MACHE'. Pron. pap'-ya-ma' sha. PAPILIO, n. [add.] This Linnean genus of lepidopterous insects has been divided, by subsequent entomologists, into many groups and genera. Upwards of 2500 species have been described in the works of naturalists. PAPILIO'NIDE, n. A family of lepidopterous insects, of which the genus Papilio is the type. It comprehends the diurnal butterflies. PAPIL'LA, n. [L.] A small pap or nipple. [See PAPILLE.] PAPILLA CON'ICA, n. [L.] The small flattened prominence formed by the optic nerve in the interior of the globe, at its bottom. PAP'ILLOTE, n. [Fr.] Small pieces of paper on which ladies roll up their hair. PAP'UA, n. A negro of the Indian Archipelago, so called from the Island of Papua or New Guinea, which is chiefly inhabited by this race. PAPYRA CEOUS, a. Belonging to PAPYR'EAN, the papyrus or раругі. PAR, prep. [Fr.] With; for; by. [Chaucer.] PARAB'OLA, n. In the fig. the letter H is omitted at the extremity of the directrix. PARAPHIMOSIS PAR'ABOLES,† n. plur. Parables; the Proverbs of Solomon. [Chaucer.] PARACEL SIST, n. A follower of Paracelsus in medicine, physics, and mystical science. PAR ACLOSE, n. See PARClose. PARA COMEN'IC ACID, n. [Gr. яaça, near to, and comenic.] An acid substance obtained from comenic acid, and in many points similar to it. PARADISEIDÆ, n. A family of birds, comprehending the birds of paradise. The birds of this family are exclusively natives of the Asiatic Islands. Some of them are used as ornaments. PARADISIAC, a. Same as PARA DISIACAL. PARADIS'IAL, a. Relating to paraPARADISICAL, dise; blissful. PARADOXY, n. State of being paradoxical. PARAF FLE, n. Ostentatious display. [Scotch.] PAR AGE, n. [L. par, equal.] In law, PAR AILLE,† n. [Fr.] Apparel. PARALLEL, v. t. [add.] To match. sus. Shak. PARALLELOGRAMMAT’I¤, a. Re- PARAMENISPER MINA, n. [Gr. PAR'AMOUR,†n. Love; gallantry. PARAPETED, a. Furnished with a parapet. PARAPHER'NA, n. Same as PARA PHERNALIA. PARAPHIMO ́SIS, n. [Gr. #aça, about, and que, to bridle.] An affection of the prepuce, when it is drawn quite behind the glans-penis, and cannot be brought forward again. PARENTELE PARAPHOʻNIA, n. [Gr. raça, and own, PARASIT'IĆ, n. 4. [add.] Many in- PARKER'S CEMENT PAʼRES, n. plur. [L. plur. of par.] In PÄR FIT, a. [Fr. parfait.] Perfect. PÄR FITLY,† adv. Perfectly. [Chau- PARFOURME',† v. t. [Fr. parfournir.] PARI ETINE, n. A yellow colouring PARILLIN'IC ACID, n. Same as PAR- |PÄR BUCKLING, n. In marine lan., PAʼRINE BIRDS, [From Parus, the operation of shipping or discharging PÄR CEL-MAKERS, n. Two officers PÄR ́CENARY, n. instead of PAR'- PARCH INGLY, adv. Scorchingly. PÄRDALO ́TUS, n. A genus of small, PAR ́ENTATE,† n. Parentage. [Chan cer.] PAR'ENTELE,+ n. [Fr. parentelle.] one of the genera.] A family of conirostral passerine birds, comprehending the tits or titmice. [See TITMOUSE.] PARIPIN'NATE, a. In bot., equally pinnate; abruptly pinnate; applied to a pinnate leaf, of which the petiole is terminated neither by a leaflet nor a tendril. PAR ISH-APPRENTICES, n. Persons who are bound out by the overseers of parishes, being the children of poor persons. PAR ISH-CLERK, n. [add.] A person whose duty it is to assist the parson in the rites and ceremonies of the church. He is generally appointed by the incumbent, and is liable to be suspended, or removed from his office, by the same authority, and on the like grounds as stipendiary curates may be removed. In small parishes the offices of clerk and sexton are united in one person. PAR ISH-CLERK, instead of PARISH-CLERK. PAR'ISHENS,† n. plur. [Fr. parois- PAR ISH-OFFICERS, n. Churchwar- PÄRK, v. t. [add.] To bring together in PARSONISH composed of silex, alumina, oxide of iron and manganese, and carbonate of lime, and may be used for making the joints of chemical vessels tight. PÄRK'ISH, a. Relating to, or resembling a park. PÄRK'-KEEPER, n. One who has the custody of a park. PÄRʼLEMENT,† n. [Fr.] An assembly for consultation; a place for conference or discourse; a consultation. [Chaucer.] PÄRLIAMENT, n. For "Parliament heel," read Parliament heel. PÄRLIAMENT'ARY, a. [add.] Parliamentary committees, tribunals which have cognizance of railway-bills and bills for important undertakings, and also of election-petitions. PÄRʼLOUS, a. Perilous. [4 [Shak.] PARME LIA, n. A genus of lichens found on trees and walls. P. parietina, yellow-wall lichen, yields the colouring substance called parietine,-which see in this Supp. PÄRMESAN CHEESE, n. A delicate kind of cheese made at Parma, in Italy. PÄRNAS'SIAN, a. Pertaining to Par nassus. PÄRNAS'SIUS, n. A pretty genus of butterflies, found on mountains of considerable elevation in Europe and Asia, and also lately on the Rocky Mountains of North America. Most of them are white, and ornamented with red rings on the wings. PARNAS'SUS, n. A celebrated mountain in Greece, considered in mythology as sacred to Apollo and the muses. PÄR NEL,† n. (Dim. of It. petronella.] | A wanton; an immodest girl; a slut. PÄROCHE,† n. A parish. PARO'CHIAL, a. [add.] Parochial registers. [See PARISH-REGISTERS in this Supp.] PAROCHIALIZE, v. t. To render parochial; to form into parishes. PÄR OCHIN, n. A parish. [Scotch.] PAROL-ARREST, n. In law, an arrest authorized by a justice by word of mouth. PAR ONYME, n. A paronymous word. PARON'YMY, n. Quality of being paronymous. PAR'RAL, n. See PARREL. PAR RITCH, n. Porridge; hasty pud- PAR ROT-FISH, n. A fish of the genus Scarus, inhabiting the tropical seas, so named from its resemblance to the parrot in the brilliancy of its colours and the peculiar form of its jaws. In Australia this name is given to different bright coloured species of Labri, to a striped Balistes, and to some species of Ostracion. PÄRS'ING, ppr. Resolving a sentence into its elements. PÄR'SON, n. [add.] In English law, four requisites are necessary to constitute a parson; viz., holy orders, presentation, institution, and induction. PÄR'SONAGE, n. [add.] The benefice of a parish. PÄR ́SONED, a. Furnished with a parson; relating to, or done by a parson. [Rare.] PARSON'IC, PARSON ICAL, man; clerical. [Rare.] PÄR'SONISH, a. Relating to, or like a parson. [Rare.] a. Relating to a parson or clergy 11. SUPP. PARTICULAR LIEN PÄR SON MORTAL, n. In law, a rector instituted and inducted for his own life. PÄRT, n. In good part, [add.] contentedly; patiently; as, to take a reproof in good part.-In music, one of the divisions which make up the harmony or tune, as the treble, bass, tenor, &c. PART, v. t. [add.] To leave; to quit; as, presently your souls must part your bodies. [Shak.]- To part from an anchor, in marine lan., to break a rope; a vessel is said to part from an anchor, when she is driven from it by the breaking of the cable. PÄRT, v. i. [add.] To part with, to depart with. [Shak.] PARTAKE', v. t. [add.] To make a partaker. [Spenser.] PÄR TAN, n. The common sea-crab. [Scotch. PÄR TEN‚† v. i. infin. To take part. [Chaucer.] PARTERRE, n. (pär-tār), instead of PÄRTERRE. PÄRTES ENTIRE.† Interior parts; inner parts. [Spenser.] PÄR THENON, n. Instead of "height| from the base of the pediments," read height to the base of the pediments. PÄRTHEN ́OPE, n. One of the small planets or asteroids between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, discovered by M. Gasparis, of Naples, 11th May, 1850. It revolves round the sun in 1379:39 solar days, and is about two and a-half times the distance of the earth from the sun. PÄRTHENOP'IANS, n. A tribe of crustaceans, placed by Milne Edwards between the Maians and the Cyclometopes. Species are found in the English Channel, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. PÄR TIALIST, n. [add.] One who holds that the atonement was made only for a part of mankind, that is, the elect. PARTICIP’IALIZE, v. t. To form into a participle. [Rare.] PÄRTIЄ'ULAR, a. [add.] Minute; circumstantial; as, he was very particular in describing the case.-Singular; uncommon; as, there is a particular beauty in this passage.-Peculiar; as, this is a geography particular to the medallists. [Addison.]—In theol., this term was formerly used in reference to the Particularists, or those who hold the doctrine of particular election, &c., and is still retained in the appellation Particular Baptists.-Particular proposition, in logic, a proposition in which the predicate is affirmed or denied of some part only of the subject. PÄRTICULAR, n. [add.] A letter of detail. [Shak.]—In law, a particular account or detail in writing; as, a particular of premises; a particular of the plaintiff's demand, &c. PÄRTICULAR BAPTISTS, n. In England, a name applied to Calvinistic Baptists, as distinguished from General Baptists, who hold Arminian doctrines. PARTICULAR ESTATE, n. In law, that interest which is granted out of a larger estate, which then becomes an expectancy either in reversion or remainder. PÄRTICULARIZA'TION, instead of PARTICULARIZATION. PÄRTICULAR LIEN, n. In law, a right of retaining possession of a chattel from the owner until a certain claim upon it is satisfied. 295 PASCH-FLOWER PÄRTICULARLY, adv. [add.] Especially; minutely; exactly; circumstantially. PARTICULAR TENANT, n. In law, a tenant for years, for life, &c., who holds only for his term. PÄR ́TIE,† n. [Fr.] A part; a party in a dispute. [Chaucer.] PÄR TIES, n. plur. In law, a number of persons concerned in any business affair; litigants. [See PARTY.] PARTISAN, n. [add.] A kind of halbert introduced in the reign of Henry VIII. The lower part of the blade was crescent-shaped. [See cut in Dict. SPEAR.] PARTITION, n. [add.] Bill for a partition, in the court of chancery, an original bill filed for the purpose of obtaining the judgment of the court as to the rights of parties as parceners, joint-tenants, and tenants in common, and the proportions to which they are entitled under a partition, and afterwards to procure a division of such proportions. PÄRʼTITIVE, n. In gram., a partitive word. PÄRT'-OWNERS, n. In law, QUA ́SI-PARTNERS, joint-owners, or tenants in common, who have a distinct, or at least an independent, although an undivided interest in the property. PÄR TRIDGE, instead of PARTRIDGE, n. for "P. cinerea," read P. cinereus. PÄRTRIDGE-BERRY, n. A plant of the genus Gaultheria, the G. procumbens, inhabiting North America. It is aromatic and astringent, and yields an oil which is used as a flavouring substance. PARTS, n. plur. [add.] Parties; party. [Shak.] PÄRTURIFA'CIENT, n. [L. parturio, and facio, to cause.] A medicine which excites uterine action, or facilitates parturition, as ergot. PÄR ́TY, n. [add.] A company made up for a given occasion; as, a riding party, a fishing party, a pleasure party, &c. PARTY-FENCE WALL, n. See PARTY-WALL. PÄRʼTYISM, n. Devotion to party. [New.] PARTY-SPIRITED, a. Having the spirit of party or of partisans. PARTY-VER'DICT, n. A joint verdict. [Shak.] PARU'LIS, n. [L. par, and Gr. eho, the gum.] Gum-boil. PA'RUS, n. The tit, tomtit, or titmouse, a genus of conirostral passerine birds. They are active little birds, continually flitting from spray to spray, suspending themselves in all sorts of attitudes, and feeding on small seeds and insects. Several species are British, as the ox-eye-tit, blue-tit, coal-tit, crestedtit, and marsh-tit. The crested-tit (Parus cristatus) is restricted to the pine-forests of the Highlands of Scotland. [See TITMOUSE.] PÄR VISE, n. [L. parvisa.] An afternoon's exercise or moot, for the instruction of young students in law. PAS, n. (pä.) [Fr.] A step. PAS, n. [add.] A foot-pace. [Chaucer.] PAS, v. t. [See PASS.] To surpass; to exceed; to excel. [Spenser.] PAS CHAL RENTS, n. Yearly tributes paid by the clergy to the bishop or archdeacon at their Easter visitations. PASCH-FLOWER, n. See PASQUEFLOWER. 81 |