Patrole Pa·trole" noun & v. See Patrol , noun & v.
Patrolman Pa·trol"man noun ;
plural Patrolmen One who patrols; a watchman; especially, a policeman who patrols a particular precinct of a town or city.
Patron Pa"tron noun [ French, from Latin
patronus , from
pater a father. See
Paternal , and confer
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. (Nautical) See Padrone , 2. Patrons of Husbandry ,
the grangers. See Granger , 2.
Patron Pa"tron transitive verb To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. [ Obsolete]
Sir T. Browne.
Patron Pa"tron adjective 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 Pa"tron·age noun [ French
patronage . Confer Late Latin
patronaticum , and Latin
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 Pa"tron·age transitive verb To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Patronal Pa"tron·al adjective [ Latin
patronalis ; confer French
patronal .]
Patron; protecting; favoring. [ R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Patronate Pa"tron·ate noun [ Latin
patronatus .]
The right or duty of a patron; patronage. [ R.]
Westm. Rev.
Patroness Pa"tron·ess noun [ Confer French
patronnesse .]
A female patron or helper. Spenser. Night, best patroness of grief.
Milton.
Patronization Pa`tron·i·za"tion noun The act of patronizing; patronage; support. [ R.]
Patronize Pa"tron·ize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Patronized ;
present participle & verbal noun 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 Pa"tron·i`zer noun One who patronizes.
Patronizing Pa"tron·i`zing adjective Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another. --
Pat"ron*i`zing*ly ,
adverb Thackeray.
Patronless Pa"tron·less adjective Destitute of a patron.
Patronomayology Pa`tro·nom`a·yol"o·gy noun [ Greek ..., ..., a father + English
onomatology .]
That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics.
Patronymic Pa`tro·nym"ic adjective [ Latin
patronymicus , Greek ...; ... father + ... name: confer French
patronymique .]
Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.
Patronymic Pa`tro·nym"ic noun [ Greek ....]
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 Pa`tro·nym"ic·al adjective Same as Patronymic .
Patroon Pa·troon" noun [ Dutch
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 Pa·troon"ship noun The office of a patroon. Irving.
Patté, Pattee Pat`té", Pat·tee" adjective [ French
patté , fem.
pattée , from
patte paw, foot. Confer
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
paté ,
patee .]
Pattemar Pat"te·mar noun See Patamar .
Patten Pat"ten noun [ French
patin a high- heeled shoe, from
patte paw, foot. Confer
Panton ,
Patté .]
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 Pat"ten·ed adjective Wearing pattens. "Some
pattened girl."
Jane Austen.
Patter Pat"ter intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Pattered ;
present participle & verbal noun 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, perhaps from
pater noster.]
3. To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [ Colloq.]
I've gone out and pattered to get money.
Mayhew.
Patter Pat"ter transitive verb 1. To spatter; to sprinkle. [ R.] "And
patter the water about the boat."
J. R. Drake. 2. [ See
Patter ,
intransitive verb , 2.]
To mutter; as prayers. [ The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers.
Longfellow. To patter flash ,
to talk in thieves' cant. [ Slang]
Patter Pat"ter noun 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 .
Patter Pat"ter noun The language or oratory of a street peddler, conjurer, or the like, hence, glib talk; a voluble harangue; mere talk; chatter; also, specif., rapid speech, esp. as sometimes introduced in songs. [ Cant or Colloq.]
Patterer Pat"ter·er noun One who patters, or talks glibly; specifically, a street peddler. [ Cant, Eng.]
Pattern Pat"tern noun [ Middle English
patron , French
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.
Hebrew 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. 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 Pat"tern transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Patterned ;
present participle & verbal noun 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.
Pattern Pat"tern noun (Gun.) A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire.
Pattinson's process Pat"tin·son's proc"ess (Metal.) A process of desilverizing argentiferous lead by repeated meltings and skimmings, which concentrate the silver in the molten bath, the final skimmings being nearly pure lad. The processwas invented in 1833 by Hugh Lee Pattinson , an English metallurgist.
Patty Pat"ty noun ;
plural Patties . [ French
pâté . See
Pasty .]
A little pie.
Pattypan Pat"ty·pan` noun 1. A pan for baking patties. 2. A patty. [ Obsolete]
Patulous Pat"u·lous adjective [ Latin
patulus , from
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.
Pauciloquent Pau·cil"o·quent adjective Uttering few words; brief in speech. [ R.]
Pauciloquy Pau·cil"o·quy noun [ Latin
pauciloquium ;
paucus little +
loqui to speak.]
Brevity in speech. [ R.]
Paucispiral Pau`ci·spi"ral adjective [ Latin
paucus few + English
spiral .]
(Zoology) Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum or shell.
Paucity Pau"ci·ty noun [ Latin
paucitas , from
paucus few, little: confer French
paucité 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 Pau"gie, Pau"gy noun ;
plural Paugies . [ Corrupted from Amer. Indian
mishcuppauog . See
Scup .]
(Zoology) The scup. See Porgy , and Scup .
Pauhaugen Pau·hau"gen noun [ North Amer. Indian.]
(Zoology) The menhaden; -- called also poghaden .
Paul Paul noun See Pawl .
Paul Paul noun An Italian silver coin. See Paolo .
Pauldron Paul"dron noun [ See
Powldron .]
(Mil. Antiq.) A piece of armor covering the shoulder at the junction of the body piece and arm piece.
Paulian, Paulianist Pau"li·an, Pau"li·an·ist noun (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 Pau"li·cian noun [ 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.
Paulin Pau"lin noun (Nautical) See Tarpaulin .
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