Pantological Pan`to·log"ic·al adjective Of or pertaining to pantology.

Pantologist Pan·tol"o·gist noun One versed in pantology; a writer of pantology.

Pantology Pan·tol"o·gy noun [ Panto- + -logy .] A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge; a work of universal information.

Pantometer Pan·tom"e·ter noun [ Panto- + -meter : confer French pantomètre .] An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc.

Pantometry Pan·tom"e·try noun Universal measurement. [ R.] -- Pan`to*met"ric adjective [ R.]

Pantomime Pan"to·mime noun [ French, from Latin pantomimus , Greek ..., lit., all-imitating; ..., ..., all + ... to imitate: confer Italian pantomimo . See Mimic .] 1. A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor. [ Obsolete]

2. One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist.

[ He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone.

Tylor.

3. A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally.

4. A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features.

Pantomime Pan"to·mime adjective Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance.

Pantomimic, Pantomimical Pan`to·mim"ic, Pan`to·mim"ic·al adjective [ Confer French pantomimique .] Of or pertaining to the pantomime; representing by dumb show. " Pantomimic gesture." Bp. Warburton. -- Pan`to*mim"ic*al*ly , adverb

Pantomimist Pan"to·mi`mist noun An actor in pantomime; also, a composer of pantomimes.

Panton Pan"ton noun [ French patin . See Patten .] (Far.) A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel.

Pantophagist Pan·toph"a·gist noun [ See Pantophagous .] A person or an animal that has the habit of eating all kinds of food.

Pantophagous Pan·toph"a·gous adjective [ Greek ...; ..., ..., all + ... to eat.] Eating all kinds of food.

Pantophagy Pan·toph"a·gy noun [ Greek ....] The habit or power of eating all kinds of food.

Pantopoda Pan·top"o·da noun plural [ New Latin See Panto- , & -poda .] (Zoology) Same as Pycnogonida .

Pantoscopic Pan`to·scop"ic adjective [ Panto- + -scope + -ic .] Literally, seeing everything; -- a term applied to eyeglasses or spectacles divided into two segments, the upper being designed for distant vision, the lower for vision of near objects.

Pantry Pan"try noun ; plural Pantries . [ Middle English pantrie , French paneterie , from panetier pantler, Late Latin panetarius baker, panetus small loaf of bread, Latin panis bread. Confer Company , Pannier , Pantler .] An apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept.

Panurgic Pan·ur"gic adjective [ Confer Greek ... knavish.] Skilled in all kinds of work. "The panurgic Diderot." J. Morley.

Panurgy Pan"ur·gy noun [ Greek ..., from ..., properly, ready to do anything; hence, knavish, roguish; ..., ..., all + ... work.] Skill in all kinds of work or business; craft. [ R.] Bailey.

Panyard Pan"yard noun See Pannier . [ Obsolete] Pepys.

Panym Pa"nym noun & adjective See Panim . [ Obsolete]

Panzoism Pan·zo"ism noun [ Pan- + Greek ... an animal.] (Biol.) A term used to denote all of the elements or factors which constitute vitality or vital energy. H. Spencer.

Paolo Pa"o·lo noun [ Italian Confer Paul .] An old Italian silver coin, worth about ten cents.

Pap Pap noun [ Confer OSw. papp . Confer Pap soft food.]

1. (Anat.) A nipple; a mammilla; a teat. Dryden.

The paps which thou hast sucked.

Luke xi. 27.

2. A rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon. Macaulay.

Pap Pap noun [ Confer Dutch pap , German pappe , both perhaps from Latin papa , pappa , the word with which infants call for food: confer Italian pappa .] 1. A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softtened in milk or water.

2. Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap. [ Colloq. & Contemptuous]

3. The pulp of fruit. Ainsworth.

Pap Pap transitive verb To feed with pap. Beau. & Fl.

Papa Pa·pa" noun [ French papa , Latin papa ; confer Greek ..., ..., a child's word meaning father. Confer Pope .]

1. A child's word for father.

2. A parish priest in the Greek Church. Shipley.

Papabote Pa`pa·bo"te noun [ Probably of Creole origin.] (Zoology) The upland plover. [ Local, U. S.]

Papacy Pa"pa·cy noun [ Late Latin papatia , from Latin papa a father, bishop. See Pope .] 1. The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction.

2. The popes, collectively; the succession of popes.

3. The Roman Catholic religion; -- commonly used by the opponents of the Roman Catholics in disparagement or in an opprobrious sense.

Papagay Pap"a·gay noun (Zoology) See Popinjay , 1 (b) .

Papain Pa·pa"in noun [ From Papaw .] (Physiol. Chem.) A proteolytic ferment, like trypsin, present in the juice of the green fruit of the papaw ( Carica Papaya ) of tropical America.

Papal Pa"pal adjective [ French, from Latin papa bishop. See Papacy .]

1. Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction. Milman.

2. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church. " Papal Christians." Bp. Burnet.

Papal cross . See Illust. 3 of Cross . -- Papal crown , the tiara.

Papalist Pa"pal·ist noun A papist. [ Obsolete] Baxter.

Papality Pa·pal"i·ty noun [ Late Latin papalitas : confer French papauté .] The papacy. [ Obsolete] Ld. Berners. Milton.

Papalize Pa"pal·ize transitive verb To make papal. [ R.]

Papalize Pa"pal·ize intransitive verb To conform to popery. Cowper.

Papally Pa"pal·ly adverb In a papal manner; popishly

Papalty Pa"pal·ty noun The papacy. [ Obsolete] Milton.

Papaphobia Pa`pa·pho"bi·a noun [ New Latin , from Latin papa bishop + Greek ... to fear.] Intense fear or dread of the pope, or of the Roman Catholic Church. [ R.]

Paparchy Pa"par·chy noun [ Latin papa bishop + -archy .] Government by a pope; papal rule.

Papaver Pa·pa"ver noun [ Latin , poppy.] (Botany) A genus of plants, including the poppy.

Papaveraceous Pa·pav`er·a"ceous adjective (Botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants ( Papaveraceæ ) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.

Papaverine Pa·pav"er·ine noun (Chemistry) An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.

Papaverous Pa·pav"er·ous adjective Of or pertaining to the poppy; of the nature of the poppy. Sir T. Browne.

Papaw Pa·paw" noun [ Prob. from the native name in the West Indies; confer Spanish papayo papaw, papaya the fruit of the papaw.] [ Written also pawpaw .] 1. (Botany) A tree ( Carica Papaya ) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreæ . It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled.

2. (Botany) A tree of the genus Asimina ( A. triloba ), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself. Gray.

Papboat Pap"boat` noun 1. A kind of sauce boat or dish.

2. (Zoology) A large spiral East Indian marine shell ( Turbinella rapha ); -- so called because used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.

Pape Pape noun [ Confer French pape , from Latin papa . See Pope .] A spiritual father; specifically, the pope. [ Obsolete]

Papejay Pa"pe·jay noun A popinjay. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Paper Pa"per noun [ French papier , from Latin papyrus papyrus, from which the Egyptians made a kind of paper, Greek .... Confer Papyrus .] 1. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.

2. A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.

3. A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society.

They brought a paper to me to be signed.

Dryden.

4. A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper .

5. Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper .

6. Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings , below.

7. A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.

8. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper .

» Paper is manufactured in sheets, the trade names of which, together with the regular sizes in inches, are shown in the following table. But paper makers vary the size somewhat.

In the manufacture of books, etc., a sheet, of whatever size originally, is termed, when folded once, a folio ; folded twice, a quarto , or 4to ; three times, an octavo , or 8vo ; four times, a sextodecimo , or 16 mo ; five times, a 32 mo ; three times, with an offcut folded twice and set in, a duodecimo , or 12 mo ; four times, with an offcut folded three times and set in, a 24 mo .

» Paper is often used adjectively or in combination, having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper cutter or paper -cutter; paper knife, paper -knife, or paper knife; paper maker, paper -maker, or paper maker; paper mill or paper -mill; paper weight, paper -weight, or paper weight, etc.

Business paper , checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to accommodation paper . -- Fly paper , paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used for catching flies. -- Laid paper . See under Laid . -- Paper birch (Botany) , the canoe birch tree ( Betula papyracea ). -- Paper blockade , an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval force. -- Paper boat (Nautical) , a boat made of water-proof paper. -- Paper car wheel (Railroad) , a car wheel having a steel tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between two plate- iron disks. Forney. -- Paper credit , credit founded upon evidences of debt, such as promissory notes, duebills, etc. -- Paper hanger , one who covers walls with paper hangings. -- Paper hangings , paper printed with colored figures, or otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper. -- Paper house , an audience composed of people who have come in on free passes. [ Cant] -- Paper money , notes or bills, usually issued by government or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money, and circulated as the representative of coin. -- Paper mulberry . (Botany) See under Mulberry. -- Paper muslin , glazed muslin, used for linings, etc. -- Paper nautilus . (Zoology) See Argonauta . -- Paper reed (Botany) , the papyrus. - - Paper sailor . (Zoology) See Argonauta. -- Paper stainer , one who colors or stamps wall paper. De Colange. -- Paper wasp (Zoology) , any wasp which makes a nest of paperlike material, as the yellow jacket. -- Paper weight , any object used as a weight to prevent loose papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise. -- Parchment paper . See Papyrine . -- Tissue paper , thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to protect engravings in books. -- Wall paper . Same as Paper hangings , above. -- Waste paper , paper thrown aside as worthless or useless, except for uses of little account. -- Wove paper , a writing paper with a uniform surface, not ribbed or watermarked.

Paper Pa"per adjective Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper; existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army.

Paper Pa"per transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Papered; present participle & verbal noun Papering .] 1. To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house.

2. To fold or inclose in paper.

3. To put on paper; to make a memorandum of. [ Obsolete]

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