—nỏ, mỏye, når, nôt;—tåbe, tảb, båll;—¿?;-põând ;—thin, THIS.

as it not only more forcibly expresses the common idea than to enervate or to deaden, but serves to fill up those vacancies in speech, where there is no verb to correspond to a substantive or adjective. Hence Pope's happy coinage of the verb to sensualize.-See the verb to PANEGYRIZE.-A happier instance of the use of this word, and a better authority for it, cannot be given than in Hannah More's Strictures on Education, vol. i. page. 49, where, speaking of the philosophick and systematick vice of modern infidels on the Continent, she says: " This cool, "calculating, intellectual wickedness, eats out|| "the very heart and core of virtue, and, like a "deadly mildew, blights and shrivels the bloom"ing promise of the human spring. Its be"numbing touch communicates a torpid slug"gishness, which paralyzes the soul. It descants "on depravity, and details its grossest acts as "frigidly as it its object were to allay the tumult of the passions, while it is letting them loose on "mankind, by plucking off the muzzle of present restraint and future accountableness. PARALYTICAL, pår-â-lit'tè-kâl. PARALYTICK, pår-å-it'tîk. 509. Š Palsied, inclined to palsy. PARAMOUNT, pår-å-mô¤nt'. a. Superiour, having the highest jurisdiction; as, Lord Paramount, the chief of the seigniory; eminent, of the highest crder. PARAMOUNT, pâr-â-môûnt'. s. The chief. PARAMOUR, pâr'râ-môôr. s. French. or wooer; a mistress.

a.

A lover

PARANYMPH, pår'râ-nimf. s. A brideman, one who leads the bride to her marriage; one who countenances or supports another. Not

used.

mass; a number of persons, in contempt, any number or quantity, in contempt.

To PARCEL, pår'sîl. v. a. To divide into portions; to make up into a mass.

To PARCH, pártsh. v. a. 352. To burn slightly and superficially.

T

PARCH, pårtsh. v. n. To be scorched.
PARCHMENT, pârtsh'ment. s. Skins dressed
for the writer.
PARD, pård.
PARDALE, pår'dåle.

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S. The leopard in Po etry, any of the spotted beasts. To PARDON, pår'đ'n. v. a. To excuse an of fender; to forgive a crime; to remit a penalty Pardon me, is a word of civil denial or slight apology.

PARDON, pår'd'n. s. 170. Forgiveness of a offender; forgiveness of a crime, indulgence remission of penalty; forgiveness received warrant of forgiveness, or exemption from pun ishment.

PARDONABLE, pär'd'n-å-bl. a. 501. Venia'

excusable.

PARDONABLENESS, pår'd'n-å-bl-nês. s. Ve nialness, susceptibility of pardon. PARDONABLY, pår'd'n-å-blé. ad. Veniallo excusably.

PARDONER, pår'd'n-år. s. 98. One who 2 gives another.

To PARE, páre. v. a. To cut off extremitica or
the surface, to cut away by little and litt's, to
diminish.

PAREGORICK, pår-è̟-gôr'îk. a. 509. Having
the power in medicine to comfort, mollify, and
assuage.
PARENCHYMA, på-rên'kè-mâ. s.
Á spongy
substance; the pith of a plant.
PARENCHYMATOUS, pår-ẻn-kîm'å-tâs. a. 314.
Spongy, pithy.

PARAPEGM, pár'â-pêm. s. 389. A brazen table fixed to a pillar, on which laws and proclamations were anciently engraved; a table of astro-PARENCHYMOUS, pâ-rên’kè-mås. a. Spongy,

nomical observations.

PARAPEGMA, pär-å-pêg'mâ. s. The same as
Parapegm. Plural, Parapegmata.
PARAPET, pår'rå-pêt. s. A wall breast high.
PARAPHIMOSIS, pâr-rä-fè-mò'sis. s. 520. Dis-
ease when the præputium cannot be drawn
over the glans.

PARAPHERNALIA, pâr-â-fêr-nå'lè-â. s. Goods
in the wife's disposal.

PARAPHRASE, pår'rå-fråze. s. A loose inter-
pretation, an explanation in many words.
ra PARAPHRASE, pâr'râ-fråze. v. a. To in-
terpret with laxity of expression, to translate
loosely.

PARAPHRAST, pâr'râ-fråst. s. A lax interpre-
ter, one who explains in many words.
PARAPHRASTICAL, pâr-â-frâs ́tè-kâl. 509.
PARAPHRASTICK, pår-â-frâs'tik.

a.

Lax in interpretation, not literal, not verbal. PARAPHRENITIS, pår-à-frè-ni'tis. s. An inflamination of the diaphragm.

Flat

PARASANG, pâr'à-sång. s. A Persian measure
of length.
PARASITE, pår'râ-site. s. 155. One that frequents
rich tables, and earns his welcome by flattery.
PARASITICAL, pår-å-sît ́té-kál.
PARASITICK, pår-å-sît'tîk. 509
tering, wheedling.
PARAŠOL, pâr'râ-sòle. s. A small sort of cano-
py or umbrella carried over the head to shade
from the sun.

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a.

PARENESIS, pâ-rên'è-sîs. s. 520. Persuasion.

Dr. Johnson, in the folio edition of his Dictionary, places the accent on the penultimate syllable of this word, and Mr. Sheridan and Mr Nares on the antepenultimate, aud the latter make the e long. Dr. Johnson has several

words of a similar termination for his accentuation; but analogy is clearer for Mr. Sheridan and Mr. Nares with respect to accent, and di rectly against them with respect to quantity, for it is not the long quantity of the original that can resist the shortening power of the English antepenultimate accent in this word, any more than in Diceresis, Ephemeris, &e which see.

PARENT, pa'rênt. s. A father or mother.
PARENTAGE, parrên-tadjc. s. 93, 515. Ex
traction, birth, condition with respect to parents
PARENTAL, på-rên'tål. a. Beming parents
pertaining to parents.

PARENTHESIS, på-rén'the-sis s. A septem
so included in another sentence, as that it may
be taken out, without injurin, the sense of that
which encloses it; being ramonly marked
thus ().
PARENTHETICAL, pâr-ên thêt'è-kâl. a. 50o.
Pertaining to a parenthesis.

PARER, pa'rôr. s. 98. A instrument to cút
away the surface.

PARHELION, pâr-hè'lè-ân, s. 113. A mock sun
PARIETAL, på-ri'e-tål. a. Constituting the

sides or walls.

PARATHESIS, på-râth'è-sis. A figure in Grammar where two or more substantives are pu in the same case; as, "He went to the|| country where he was born [France] and "died there." In Rhetorick, a short hint, with||PARISH, pár rish s. The particular charge of

a promise of future enlargement In Printing, the matter contained between two crotchets marked thus [].

To PARBOIL, pár bôîl. v. a. 81. To half boil. PARCEL, pár'sil. s. 99. A small bundle; a part of the whole taken separately; a quantity or

PARING, på'ring. s. 410. That which is pared off any thing, the rind

a secular pries; a particular division or district, having officers of its own, and generally a church.

PARISH, pâr'rish. a. Belonging to the parish, having the care 21 the parish, maintained by the parish.

IT 559.-Fate, får, fåll, fât,--mè, mêt ;-pine ;-pîn,

PARISHIONER, på-rish'ân-ûr. s. One that be-||PARSIMONIOUSLY, pår-sè-mò'nè-âs-lè. ad.
longs to the parish.
Frugally, sparingly.
PARITOR, párʼrẻ-tår. s. 166. A beadle, a sum-PARSIMONIOUSNESS, pår-sè-mò'nè-ûs-nês. «
A disposition to spare and save.

moner of the courts of civil law. PARITY, pâr'rè-tè. s. Equality, resemblance. PARK, pårk. s. 81. A piece of ground enclosed and stored with deer and other beasts of chase. PARKER, pårk'år. s. 98. A park-keeper. PARKLEAVES, pårk'lèvz. s." An herb. PARLE, pårl. s. Conversation, talk, oral treaty. To PARLEY, pårlè. v. n. To treat by word of mouth, to talk, to discuss any thing orally. PARLEY, pårlè. s. Oral treaty, talk, conference, discussion by word of mouth. PARLIAMENT, pår'lè-mênt. s. 274. The assembly of the king, lords, and ‹ ommons; which assembly is of all others the highest, and of greatest authority.

PARLIAMENTARY, par-là-mềnti-rẻ. a. Enacted by parliament, suiting the parliament, pertaining to parliament.

Belonging to a

PARLOUR, pår lår. s. 314. A room in monas-
teries, where the religious meet and converse;
a room in houses on the first floor, elegantly
furnished for reception or entertainment
PARLOUS, pår'lås. a. 314. Keen, sprightly,
waggish. Not in use.
PAROCHIAL, på-rò'kè-ål. a
parish.
PARODY, pâr'rò-dè. s. A kind of writing in
which the words of an author or his thoughts
are taken, and by a slight change, adapted to
some new purpose.
To PARODY, pår'rò-dẻ. v. a. To copy by way
of parody.

PARONYMOUS, pâr-ôn'nè-mûs. a. Resembling
another word.

PAROLE, på-roke'. s. Word given as an assur

PARONOMASIA, pår-ò-no-må'zhè-â.

S. 453. A rhetorical figure, in which, by the change of a letter or syllable, several things are alluded to, as, "They are fiends, not friends." PAROQUET, pâr'ò-kwêt. 8. A small species of parrot.

PAROTID, på-rôt'tid. a. 503. Belonging to the glands under and behind the ear.

PARSIMONY, pår'sé-mån-e. s. 503, 557. Fru-
gality, covetousness, niggardliness.
For the o, see DOMESTICK.
PARSLEY, pårs'le. s. A plant.
PARSNIP, pars'nip. s. 99. A plant.
PARSON, pår's'n. s. 170. The priest of a parish,
one that has a parochial charge or cure of
souls; a clergyman: it is applied to the teach
ers of the Presbyterians.

is

The o before n, preceded by k, p, s, ort, under the same predicament as e; that is, when the accent is not on it, the two consonants unite, and the vowel is suppressed; as, beckon, rapon, season, mutton, &c. pronounced beck'n, cap'n," seas'n, mutt'n, &c. Parson, therefore, ought to be pronounced with the o suppressed, and not as Mr. Sheridan has marked it.-See Principles, No. 103, 170.

PARSONAGE, pâr's'n-ådje.s. 90. The benefice of a parish.

PART, pårt. s. 81. Something less than the whole, a portion, a quantity taken from a larger quantity; that which in division falls to each; share; side, party; particular office or character; character appropriated in a play; business, duty; relation reciprocal. In good part, in ill part; as well dore, as ill done in the plural, qualities, powers, faculties; quarters, regions. districts.

PART, pårt. ad. Partly, in some measure. Not

in use.

To PART, pårt. v. a. To divide, to share, to distribute; to separate, to disunite; to break into pieces; to keep asur.der; to separate combatants; to secern.

To PART, pårt. v. n. To be separated; to take farewell; to have share; to go away, to set out. To part with; to quit, to resign, to lose. PARTABLE, pårt'à-bl. a. 405. Divisible, such as may be parted.

PARTAGE, pårt'tådje. s. 90. Division, act of
sharing or parting.

To PARTAKE, pår-tåke'. v. n. Preterit, I Par-
took; Participle passive, Partaken. To have
share of any thing; to participate, to have
something of the property, nature, or right; to
be admitted to, not to be excluded.
To PARTAKE, pâr-tåke'. v. a. To share, to
have part in.

In this, and the following word, Dr. Johnson
places the accent on the antepenultimate syl-
lable, but Mr. Sheridan and Dr. Ash much
more properly on the penultimate, as here
marked. It may, however, be observed, that
Dr. Johnson's accentuation of this word is the
most agreeable to analogy, as it comes from
the Latin Parotides, which, according to the
general rule, by losing a syllable, has its accent
removed a syllable higher (see ACADEMY;) but||PARTER, pårt'år. s. 98.
the succeeding word, Parotis, is a perfect Latin
word, and therefore preserves its Latin accent
on the penultimate. See Principles, No. 503,
b, and the word IRREPARABLE.
PAROTIS, på-rò'tis. s. 503. A tumour in the
glandules behind and about the ears.
PAROXYSM, pår'rók-sizm. s. 503. A fit, peri-
odical exacerbation of a disease.
PARRICIDE, pâr'rè-side. s. 143. One who de-
stroys his father; one who destroys or invades
any to whom he owes particular reverence;
the murder of a father, murder of one to whom
reverence is due.
PARRICIDAL, pâr-rè-sl'dál.
PARRICIDIOUS, pâr-rè-sid'yds.

PARTAKER, pâr-tà'kår. s. A partner in posses-
sions, a sharer in any thing, an associate with;
accomplice, associate.
One that parts or

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a. Relating

French. A level di

separates.
PARTERRE, pår-tare'. s.
vision of ground.
PARTIAL, pâr'shål. a. 81. Inclined antecedent-
ly to favour one party in a cause, or on one
side of the question more than the other; in-
clined to favour without reason; affecting only
one part, subsisting only in a part, not universal
PARTIALITY, pår-shè-ál'lè-tè. s. 542. Unequal
state of the judgment and favour of one above
the other.

To PARTIALIZE, pår'shål-ize. v. a. To make
partial.
PARTIALLY, pår'shål-lè. ad. With unjust fa
vour or dislike; in part, not totally.
PARTIBILITY, pår-té-bil'lè-tè. s. Divisibility,
separability.

PARTIBLE, pår'tè-bl. a. 405. Divisible, sepa

rable.

to parricide, committing parricide. PARROT, pår råt. s. 166. A particoloured bird of the species of the hooked bill, remarkable for its exact imitation of the human voice. To PARRY, pâr'rè. v. n. To put by thrusts, to|PARTICIPABLE, par-tís'sè-på-bl. a. may be shared or partaken. PARTICIPANT, pår-tis'sè-påut. a. Sharing, having share or part.

fence.

To PARSE, pårse. v. a. 81. To resolve a sentence into the elements or parts of speech PARSIMONIOUS, pår-se-mo'ne-ns a. Covetous,To frugal, sparing

Such as

PARTICIPATE, pår-tis'sè-påte. v. n. To partake, to have share; to have part of more

-nỏ, mỏve, når, nôt;—tåbe, tåb, båll ;—¿îl ;-påånd;—thin, THIS.

things than one; to have part of something common with another.

To PARTICIPATE, pår-tis'sè-påte. v. a. To partake, to receive part of, to share. PARTICIPATION, pår-tis-sè-på'shan. s. The| state of sharing something in common; the act or state of partaking or having part of something; distribution, division into shares. PARTICIPIÁL, pår-tè-sip'pè-ål. a. Having the nature of a participle.

PARTICIPIALLY, pår-tè-sip'pè-âl-è. ad. In the
sense or manner of a partíciple.
PARTICIPLE, pår'tè-sip-pl. 8. A word partak-
ing at once the qualities of a noun and verb.
PARTICLE, pår'tè-kl. s. 405. Any small por-
tion of a greater substance; a word unvaried
by inflexion.

PARTICULAR, pår-tik'ù-lår. a. 179. Relating
to single persons, not general; individual, one
distinct from others; noting properties or
things peculiar; attentive to things single and
distinct; single, not general; odd, having
something that eminently distinguishes him
from others.

PARTICULAR, pår-tik'u-lår. s. 88. A single
instance, a single point; individual, private
person; private interest; private character, sin-
gle self, state of an individual; a minute de-
tail of things singly enumerated; distinct, not
general recital.

PARTICULARITY, pår-tik-kù-lår'è-té. s. Dis-
tinct notice or enumeration, not general asser-
tion; singleness, individuality; petty account,
private incident; something peculiar.
To PARTICULARIZE, pår-tîk’ků-lâ-rize. v. a. To||
mention distinctly, to detail, to show minutely.
PARTICULARLY, pår-tik'kú-lår-lè. ad. Dis-
tinctly, singly, not universally; in an extraor-
dinary degree.

PARTISAN, pår'tè-zân. s. 524. A kind of pike
or halberd; an adherent to a faction; the com-
mander of a party.

All our orthöepists agree in accenting this word on the first syllable. Mr. Nares says, Dr. Johnson has improperly accented this word on the last; but, both in the folio edition of his Dictionary, and the quarto, printed since his death, the accent is on the first. There is not the same uniformity in the accentuation of the companion to this word artisan; for though Mr. Nares, Mr. Perry, Dr. Ash, W. Johnston, Buchanan, Bailey, Fenning, and Entick, accent the first syllable, Dr. Johnson, in both editions of his Dictionary, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Barclay, accent the last: and Dr. Kenrick places an accent on both first and last. The same diversity appears in the accentuation of courtesan, a word of exactly the same form; which is accented by Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, W. Johnston, Mr. Nares, Fenning, and Entick, on the last syllable; and by Dr. Ash, Dr. Kenrick, Buchanan, Barclay, Bailey, and Fenning, on the first; and by Mr. Perry both on the first and last. The truth is, these three words are among those which admit of the accent either on the first or last syllable, and this has produced the diversity we find in our Dictionaries. 524. The accent on the first syllable seems the most agreeable to our own analogy, and|| ought to be preferred. 503.

PARTITION, pår-tish'ån. s. The act of divid-
ing, a state of being divided; division, separa-
tion, distinction; part divided from the rest, se-
parate part; that by which different parts are
separated; part where separation is made.
To PARTITION, pår-tish'an. v. a. To divide
into distinct parts. Little used.

PARTLET, párt'lét. s. A name given to a hen,
the original signification being a ruff or band.
PARTLY, pårt'lè. ad. In some measure, in
some degree.

PARTNER, pårt'når. s. 98. Partaker, sharer,

one who has part in any thing; one who dances with another.

To PARTNER, pårt'når. v. a. Tojom, to associate with a partner. Little used. PARTNERSHIP, pårt'når-ship. s.

Joint interest or property; the union of two or more in the same trade.

PARTOOK, pår-tôôk'. Pret. of Partake.
PARTRIDGE, pår'tridje. s. A bird of game.
PARTURIENT, pår-tu'rè-ênt. a. About to bring

forth.

PARTURITION, pår-tsliù-rish'ân. s. The state of being about to bring forth.

PARTY, pår'tè. s. A number of persons confe
derated by similarity of designs or opinions in
opposition to others; one of two litigants; one
concerned in any affair; side, persons engag
ed against each other; cause, side; a select as
sembly; particular person, a person distinct
from, or opposed to another; a detachment of
soldiers.

PARTY-COLOURED, pâr'tè-kûl-lår'd. a. Hav-
ing diversity of colours.
PARTY-MAN, pår'tè-mân. s. A factious per
son; an abetter of a party.
PARTY-WALL, pår te-wall. s. Wall that se

parates one house from the next.
PARVITUDE, pår'vè-tåde. s.

nuteness.

Littleness, mil

PARVITY, pår vè-tè. s. Littleness.
PASCHAL, pas kâl. a. 88. Relating to the pass
over; relating to Easter.

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To PASH, påsh. v. a. To strike, to crush.
PASQUE-FLOWER, påsk'flöå-år. s. A plant.
PASQUIN, pâs’kwin. 414.
PASQUINADE, pås-kwin-åde'.
s. A lampoon.
To PASS, pås. v. n. To go, to move from one
place to another, to be progressive; to go, to
make way; to make transition from one thing
to another; to vanish, to be lost; to be spent,
to go away; to be at an end, to be over; to be
changed by regular gradation; to be enacted;
to gain reception, to become current; to occur,
to be transacted; to determine finally, to judge
capitally; to exceed; to thrust, to make a push
in fencing; to omit; to go through the alimen-
tary duct; to be in a tolerable state. To pass
away to be lost, to glide off, to vanish.
To PASS, pås. v. a. To go beyond; to go
through, as, The horse passed the river; to
spend time; to move hastily over; to transfer
to another proprietor; to strain, to percolate;
to vent, to let out; to utter ceremoniously; to
utter solemnly; to transmit; to put an end to
to surpass, to excel; to omit, to neglect; to
transcend, to transgress; to admit, to allow;
to enact a law; to impose fraudulently; to
practise artfully, to make succeed; to send
from one place to another. To pass away
to spend, to waste. To pass by; to excuse, to
forgive; to neglect, to disregard. To pass
over; to omit, to let go unregarded. To come
to pass; to be effected.

RASS, pås. s. A narrow entrance, an avenue
passage, road; a permission to go or come any
where; an order by which vagrants or impo
tent persons are sent to their place of abode;
push, thrust in fencing; state, condition.
PASSABLE, pås'så-bl. a. 405. Possible to be
passed or travelled through or over; supporta-
ble, tolerable, allowable; capable of admission
or reception.

PASADO, pås-så'dò. s. A push, a thrust.-See
LUMBAGO.

PASSAGE, pås'sidje. s. 90. Act of passing, tra-
vel, course, journey; road; way; entrance or
exit; liberty to pass; intellectual admittance,
mental acceptance; unsettled state; incident,
transaction; part of a book, a single place in a
writing.

PASSEĎ, påst. Pret. and part. of Pass. See
Principles, No. 367,

7 559.—Fåte, får, fåll, fắt

PASSENGER, pâs sîn-jâr. s. 99. A traveller, one who is upon the road, a wayfarer; one who hires any vehicle the liberty of travelling. PASSER, pás'sûr. s. 98. One who passes, one that is upon the road.

PASSIBILITY, pâs-sè-bîl·lè̟-tè. s. Quality of receiving impressions from external agents. PASSIBLE, pås'sè-bl. a. 405. Susceptive of impressions from external agents. PÅSSIBLENESS, pâs'sè-bl-nės. a. Quality of receiving impressions from external agents PASSING, pás sing. part. a. 410. Supreme, sur

PASTOR, påstår. s. 166. A shepherd; a clergy-
man who has the care of a flock.
PASTORAL, pås'tu-ål. a. 88. Rural, rustick,
beseeming shepherds, imitating shepherds; re-
lating to the care of souls.

For the o, see DOMESTICK.

the incidents in a country life, an idyl, a bucolick

PASTRY, pas'trè. s. The act of making pies;
pies or baked paste, the place where pastry is
made.

PASTRY-COOK, på ́strẻ-kôók. s. One whose
trade is to make and sell things baked in paste
PASTURABLE, pås'tshù-râ-bl. a.
Fit for pas

ture.

The busi

PASTURAGE, pås'tshů-rådje. s. 90
ness of feeding cattle; lands grazed by cattle;
the use of pasture.

passing others, eminent it is used adverbiallyPASTORAL, pås'tôr-ål. s. A poem relative to to enforce the meaning of another word; exceeding. PASSINGBELL, pås'sing-bêl. s. The bell which rings at the hour of departure, to obtain prayers for the passing soul: it is often used for the bell which rings immediately after death. PASSION, påsh'an. s. Any effect caused by external agency; violent commotion of the mind; anger; zeal, ardour; love; eagerness; emphatically, the last suffering of the Redeemer || of the world. PASSION-FLOWER, påsh'ân-flöå-år. s. A plant. PASSION-WEEK, påsh'ân-wèèk . s. The week immediately preceding Easter, named in commemoration of our Saviour's crucifixion. PASSIONATE, påsh ́ản-hất. a. 91. Moved by passion, causing or expressing great commnotion of mind; easily moved to anger. PASSIONATELY, påsh'äu-nât-lè ad. With passion; with desire, love or hatred; with great commotion of mind; angrily. PASSIONATENESS, påsh'ân-nåt-nés. s. State of being subject to passion; vehemence of mind.

PASSIVE, pâs ́siv. a. 158. Receiving impression from some external agent; unresisting, not opposing; suffering, not acting: in Grammar, a verb passive is that which signifies passion. PASSIVELY, pås'siv-lè. ad. With a passive

nature.

PASSIVENESS, pâs'siv-nês. a. Quality of re-
ceiving impression from external agents; pas-
sibility, power of suffering.
PASSIVITY, pås-sîv'vè-tè. s.
s. Passiveness.
PASSOVER, pås'ò-vår. s. A feast instituted
among the Jews, in memory of the time when
God, smiting the first-born of the Egyptians,
passed over the habitations of the Hebrews;
the sacrifice killed.
PASSPORT, pâs'poŕt. s.
Permission of egress.
PAST, påst. part. a.; properly passed. See Prin-
ciples, No. 367. Not present, not to come;
spent, gone through, undergone.

PASTURE, pâs'tshùre. s. 461. Food, the act of
feeding; ground or which cattle feed; human
culture, education.

||To PASTURE, pås'tshåre. v. a.
pasture.

T. PASTURE, påstshire. V. B.
the ground.

To place in a

To graze co

PASTY, pås'tè. s. 515. A pie of crust raised
without a dish; a pie.

PAT, påt. a. Fit, convenient, exactly suitable.
PAT, pât. s. A light quick blow, a tap; a smail

lump of matter beat into shape with the hand. To PAT, pât. v. a. To strike lightly, to tap. PATACOON, pât-tå-kỏỏn'. s. A Spanish coin worth four shillings and eight pence English. To PATCH, pâtsh. v. a. To cover with a piece sewed on; to decorate the face with small spots of black silk; to mend clumsily, to mend so as that the original strength or beauty is lost; to make up of shreds or different pieces. PATCH, pätsh. s. 352. A piece sewed on to co ver a hole; a piece inserted in mosaick or variegated work; a small spot of black silk put on the face; a small particle, a parcel of land. PATCHER, pâtsh'ûr. s. 98. Ône that patches, a

botcher.
PATCHERY, pâtsh'ûr-è. s.
work. Out of use.

Botchery, bungling

PATCHWORK, pâtsh'wark. s. Work made by sewing small pieces of different colours interchangeably together.

This contraction, in every word but the pre-PATE, påte. s. The head. position, is a disgrace to our orthography. It PATED, på'těd. a. Having a pate. took its rise, in all probability, from words end- ||PATEFACTION, påt-tè-fäk'shûn. s. Act or state ing in st, with which it was rhymed, as that of opening. of Pope:

" Which not alone has shone on ages pass,
"But lights the present, and shall warm the last.”
But as we see that possest, drest, and many oth-
ers, spelled in this manner to accommodate
rhymes to the eye merely, have recovered their
true form; there is no reason why this word
should not do the same.

PATEN, pát‍ễn. s. 103. A plate. Obsolete. PATENT, pât'tênt, or på'tẻnt. a. Open to the perusal of all, as, letters patent; something appropriated by letters patent.

This word, when an adjective, is, by Dr. Kenrick, W. Johnston, and Buchanan, pronounced with the a long as in paper; but by Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, Dr. Ash, Mr Perry, and En tick, short, as in pat. But when the word is a suhstantive, it is pronounced with tae a short by Mr. Nares and all those orthoepists, except Buchanan. That the adjective should by some be pronounced with the a long, is a remnant of that analogy which ought to prevail in all words of this kind, 544; but the uniformity with which the substantive is pronounced, with the a short, precludes all hope of alteration.

PAST, påst. s. Elliptically used for passed time. PAST, pâst prep. 367. Beyond in time; no longer capable o; beyond, out of reach of; beyond, farther than; above, more than. PASTE, paste. s 14 Any thing mixed up so as to be viscous and tenacious; flour and water boiled together so as to make a cement; artificial mixture, in imitation of precious stones. To PASTE, påste. v. a. To fasten with paste. PASTEBOARD, påste bord. s. A kind of coarse,||PATENT, pât'tênt. s. A writ conferring some

thick stiff paper.

PASTEBOARD, påste bord. a. Made of paste

board.

PASTERN, påstårn, s. 98. The distance be

exclusive right or privilege.-See the adjec tive PATENT.

PATENTEE, pât-tên-tèè'. s. One who has a pa

tent

―nò, mỏve, når, nốt ;--tåbe, tåb, båll ;—¿îl ;—pỏûnd ;—thin, THIS

PATERNAL, pâ-têr'nál. a. 88. Fatherly, having|| PATROL, på-trole'. s. The act of going the rounds of a garrison to observe that orders are kept; those that go the rounds.