Pauline Pau"line adjective [ Latin
Paulinus , from
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 Paul"ist noun (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 Pau·low"ni·a noun [ New Latin So named from the Russian princess Anna
Pavlovna .]
(Botany) A genus of trees of the order Scrophulariaceæ , consisting of one species, Paulownia imperialis . » 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 Paum transitive verb & i. [ See
Palm to cheat.]
To palm off by fraud; to cheat at cards. [ Obsolete]
Swift.
Paunce Paunce noun [ See
Pansy .]
(Botany) The pansy. "The pretty
paunce ."
Spenser.
Paunch Paunch noun [ Old French
panch ,
pance , French
panse , Latin
pantex ,
panticis .]
1. (Anat.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen . 2. (Nautical) A paunch mat; -- called also panch . 3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. Paunch mat (Nautical) ,
a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.
Paunch Paunch transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Paunched ;
present participle & verbal noun Paunching .]
1. To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel. Shak. 2. To stuff with food. [ Obsolete]
Udall.
Paunchy Paunch"y adjective Pot-bellied. [ R.]
Dickens.
Paune Paune noun A kind of bread. See Pone .
Pauper Pau"per noun [ Latin See
Poor .]
A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor.
Pauperism Pau"per·ism noun [ Confer French
paupérisme .]
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 Pau`per·i·za"tion noun The act or process of reducing to pauperism. C. Kingsley.
Pauperize Pau"per·ize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Pauperized ;
present participle & verbal noun Pauperizing .]
To reduce to pauperism; as, to pauperize the peasantry.
Pauropoda Pau·rop"o·da noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... small +
-poda .]
(Zoology) An order of small myriapods having only nine pairs of legs and destitute of tracheæ.
Pause Pause noun [ French, from Latin
pausa . See
Pose .]
1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. 2. Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt. I stand in pause where I shall first begin.
Shak. 3. In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts. 4. In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses . 5. A break or paragraph in writing. He writes with warmth, which usually neglects method, and those partitions and pauses which men educated in schools observe.
Locke. 6. (Mus.) A hold. See 4th Hold , 7. Syn. -- Stop; cessation; suspension.
Pause Pause intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Paused ;
present participle & verbal noun Pausing .] [ Confer French
pauser , Latin
pausare . See
Pause ,
noun ,
Pose .]
1. To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest. "Tarry,
pause a day or two."
Shak. Pausing while, thus to herself she mused.
Milton. 2. To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses . 3. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. [ R.]
Why doth the Jew pause ? Take thy forfeiture.
Shak. 4. To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect. [ R.] "Take time to
pause ."
Shak. To pause upon ,
to deliberate concerning. Shak. Syn. -- To intermit; stop; stay; wait; delay; tarry; hesitate; demur.
Pause Pause transitive verb To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively. [ R.]
Shak.
Pauser Paus"er noun One who pauses. Shak.
Pausingly Paus"ing·ly adverb With pauses; haltingly. Shak.
Pauxi Paux"i noun [ From the native name: confer Spanish
pauji .]
(Zoology) A curassow ( Ourax pauxi ), which, in South America, is often domesticated.
Pavage Pav"age noun [ Confer French
pavage .]
See Pavage . [ R.]
Pavan Pav"an noun [ French
pavane ; confer Italian & Spanish
pavana , and Spanish
pavon ,
pavo , a peacock, Latin
pavo .]
A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock. [ Written also
pavane ,
paven ,
pavian , and
pavin .]
Pavé Pa`vé" noun [ French, from
paver to pave. See
Pave .]
The pavement. Pave Pave transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Paved ;
present participle & verbal noun Paving .] [ French
paver to pave, Late Latin
pavare , from Latin
pavire to beat, ram, or tread down; confer Greek ... to beat, strike.]
1. To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court. With silver paved , and all divine with gold.
Dryden. To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways.
Gay. 2. Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an enterprise. It might open and pave a prepared way to his own title.
Bacon.
Pavement Pave"ment noun [ French, from Late Latin
pavamentum , Latin
pavimentum . See
Pave .]
That with which anythingis paved; a floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative interior floor of tiles or colored bricks. The riches of heaven's pavement , trodden gold.
Milton. Pavement teeth (Zoology) ,
flattened teeth which in certain fishes, as the skates and cestracionts, are arranged side by side, like tiles in a pavement.
Pavement Pave"ment transitive verb To furnish with a pavement; to pave. [ Obsolete] "How richly
pavemented !"
Bp. Hall.
Paven Pav"en noun See Pavan .
Paver Pav"er noun One who paves; one who lays a pavement. [ Written also
pavier and
pavior .]
Pavesade Pav`e·sade" noun [ French See
Pavise .]
A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in a naval engagement, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.
Pavese, Pavesse Pa·vese", Pa·vesse" noun Pavise. [ Obsolete]
Paviage Pa"vi·age noun (Law) A contribution or a tax for paving streets or highways. Bouvier.
Pavian Pav"i·an noun See Pavan.
Pavid Pav"id adjective [ Latin pavidus, from pavere to be afraid.]
Timid; fearful. [ R.]
Thackeray.
Pavidity Pa·vid"i·ty noun Timidity. [ R.]
Pavier Pav"ier noun A paver.
Paviin Pa"vi·in (pā"vĭ*ĭn)
noun (Chemistry) A glucoside found in species of the genus Pavia of the Horse-chestnut family.
Pavilion Pa·vil"ion noun [ French
pavillon , from Latin
pavilio a butterfly, also, a tent, because spread out like a butterfly's wings.]
1. A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts. "[ The] Greeks do pitch their brave
pavilions ."
Shak. 2. (Architecture) A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile. 3. (Mil.) A flag, colors, ensign, or banner. 4. (Her.) Same as Tent (Her.) 5. That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant . 6. (Anat.) The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube. 7. A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky. The pavilion of heaven is bare.
Shelley.
Pavilion Pa·vil"ion transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Pavilioned ;
present participle & verbal noun Pavilioning .]
To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents. The field pavilioned with his guardians bright.
Milton.
Pavin Pav"in noun See Pavan .
Paving Pav"ing noun 1. The act or process of laying a pavement, or covering some place with a pavement. 2. A pavement.
Pavior Pav"ior noun 1. One who paves; a paver. 2. A rammer for driving paving stones. 3. A brick or slab used for paving.
Pavise Pa·vise noun [ Old French
pavaix , French
pavois ; confer Italian
pavese , Late Latin
pavense ; perhaps named from
Pavia in Italy.]
(Mil. Antiq.) A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it. [ Written also
pavais ,
pavese , and
pavesse .]
Fairholt.
Pavisor Pa·vis"or noun (Mil. Antiq.) A soldier who carried a pavise.
Pavo Pa"vo noun [ Latin , a peacock. See
Peacock .]
1. (Zoology) A genus of birds, including the peacocks. 2. (Astron.) The Peacock, a constellation of the southern hemisphere.
Pavon Pa"von noun A small triangular flag, esp. one attached to a knight's lance; a pennon.
Pavone Pa·vone" noun [ Confer Italian
pavone , Spanish
pavon , from Latin
pavo .]
(Zoology) A peacock. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Pavonian Pa·vo"ni·an adjective Of or pertaining to a peacock. [ R.]
Southey.
Pavonine Pav"o·nine adjective [ Latin
pavoninus , from
pavo a peacock. See
Peacock .]
1. (Zoology) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Pavo. 2. Characteristic of a peacock; resembling the tail of a peacock, as in colors; iridescent. P. Cleaveland.
Paw Paw (pa)
noun [ Middle English
pawe ,
poue , Old French
poe : confer
patte , LG.
pote , Dutch
poot , German
pfote .]
1. The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc. 2. The hand. [ Jocose]
Dryden. Paw clam (Zoology) ,
the tridacna; - - so called because shaped like an animal's paw .
Paw Paw intransitive verb To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. Job xxxix. 21.
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