Paw Paw transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pawed ; present participle & verbal noun Pawing .] 1. To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.

2. To scrape or beat with the forefoot.

His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane.

Tickell.

Pawk Pawk noun (Zoology) A small lobster. Travis.

Pawky Paw"ky adjective [ Confer Anglo-Saxon pæcean to deceive.] Arch; cunning; sly. [ Scot.] Jamieson.

Pawl Pawl noun [ W. pawl a pole, a stake. Confer Pole a stake.] (Machinery) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel . [ Written also paul , or pall .]

Pawl bitt (Nautical) , a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass, to receive the strain of the pawls. -- Pawl rim or ring (Nautical) , a stationary metallic ring surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the pawls to catch in.

Pawl Pawl transitive verb To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.

To pawl the capstan . See under Capstan .

Pawn Pawn noun See Pan , the masticatory.

Pawn Pawn noun [ Middle English paune , poun , Old French peon , poon , French pion , Late Latin pedo a foot soldier, from Latin pes , pedis , foot. See Foot , and confer Pioneer , Peon .] (Chess) A man or piece of the lowest rank.

Pawn Pawn noun [ Old French pan pledge, assurance, skirt, piece, French pan skirt, lappet, piece, from Latin pannus . See Pane .] 1. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge , noun , 1.

As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not take pawns without use [ i. e. , interest].

Bacon.

2. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise. [ R.]

Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown.

Shak.

As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness.

Donne.

3. A stake hazarded in a wager. [ Poetic]

My life I never held but as a pawn
To wage against thy enemies.

Shak.

In pawn , At pawn , in the state of being pledged. "Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn ." Shak. -- Pawn ticket , a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.

Pawn Pawn transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pawned ; present participle & verbal noun Pawning .] 1. To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch.

And pawned the last remaining piece of plate.

Dryden.

2. To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.

Pawning his honor to obtain his lust.

Shak.

Pawnable Pawna·ble adjective Capable of being pawned.

Pawnbroker Pawn"bro`ker noun One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.

Pawnbroking Pawn"bro`king noun The business of a pawnbroker.

Pawnee Pawn·ee" noun (Law) One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.

Pawnees Paw`nees" noun plural ; sing. Pawnee (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians (called also Loups ) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani .

Pawner, Pawnor Pawn"er, Pawn·or" noun (Law) One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt.

Pawpaw Paw`paw" noun (Botany) See Papaw .

Pax Pax noun [ Latin pax peace. See Peace .] 1. (Eccl.) The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.

2. (R. C. Ch.) A tablet or board, on which is a representation of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediæval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc.

Kiss the pax , and be quiet like your neighbors.

Chapman.

Pax Pax noun Friendship, or a friend; -- esp. in the phrases to make pax with , to make friends with, to be good pax , to be good friends; also, truce; -- used esp. interjectionally. [ Eng. Schoolboy Slang]

Paxillose Pax"il·lose` adjective [ Latin paxillus a small stake.] (Geol.) Resembling a little stake.

Paxillus Pax·il"lus noun ; plural Paxilli . [ Latin , a peg.] (Zoology) One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.

Paxwax Pax"wax` noun [ For faxvax , from Anglo-Saxon fea... hair (akin to Old High German fahs ) + weaxan to grow. See Wax to grow, and confer Faxed , Pectinate .] (Anat.) The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebræ, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax .

Paxywaxy Pax"y·wax`y noun (Anat.) See Paxwax .

Pay Pay transitive verb [ Old French peier , from Latin picare to pitch, i... pitch: confer Old French peiz pitch, French poix . See Pitch a black substance.] (Nautical) To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

Pay Pay transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Paid ; present participle & verbal noun Paying .] [ Middle English paien , French payer , from Latin pacare to pacify, appease, from pax , pacis , peace. See Peace .] 1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants.

May no penny ale them pay [ i. e. , satisfy].

P. Plowman.

[ She] pays me with disdain.

Dryden.

2. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.

For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you.

B. Jonson.

3. To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed). " Pay me that thou owest." Matt. xviii. 28.

Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

Matt. xviii. 26.

If they pay this tax, they starve.

Tennyson.

4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.

This day have I paid my vows.

Prov. vii. 14.

5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.

Not paying me a welcome.

Shak.

To pay off . (a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off the crew of a ship . (b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind. -- To pay one's duty , to render homage, as to a sovereign or other superior. -- To pay out (Nautical) , to pass out; hence, to slacken; to allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable. See under Cable . -- To pay the piper , to bear the cost, expense, or trouble. [ Colloq.]

Pay Pay (pā) intransitive verb To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again.

Ps. xxxvii. 21.

2. Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays .

To pay for . (a) To make amends for; to atone for; as, men often pay for their mistakes with loss of property or reputation, sometimes with life . (b) To give an equivalent for; to bear the expense of; to be mulcted on account of.

'T was I paid for your sleeps; I watched your wakings.

Beau. & Fl.

-- To pay off . [ Etymol. uncertain.] (Nautical) To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail. -- To pay on . [ Etymol. uncertain.] To beat with vigor; to redouble blows. [ Colloq.] -- To pay round [ Etymol. uncertain.] (Nautical) To turn the ship's head.

Pay Pay noun 1. Satisfaction; content. Chaucer.

2. An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier.

Where only merit constant pay receives.

Pope.

There is neither pay nor plunder to be got.

L'Estrange.

Full pay , the whole amount of wages or salary; maximum pay; especially, the highest pay or allowance to civil or military officers of a certain rank, without deductions. -- Half pay . See under Half . -- Pay day , the day of settlement of accounts. -- Pay dirt (Mining) , earth which yields a profit to the miner. [ Western U.S.] -- Pay office , a place where payment is made. -- Pay roll , a roll or list of persons entitled to payment, with the amounts due.

Pay Cerps Pay Cerps A staff corps in the United States navy, consisting of pay directors, pay inspectors, paymasters, passed assistant paymasters, and assistant paymasters, having relative rank from captain to ensign, respectively.

Pay dirt, Pay rock Pay dirt, Pay rock etc. (Mining) Earth, rock, etc., which yields a profit to the miner. [ Western U. S.]

Pay streak Pay streak 1. (Mining) The zone, parallel to the walls of a vein, in which the ore is concentrated, or any narrow streak of paying ore in less valuable material.

2. (Oil Boring) A stratum of oil sand thick enough to make a well pay.

Payable Pay"a·ble adjective [ Confer French payable . Confer Pacable .] 1. That may, can, or should be paid; suitable to be paid; justly due. Drayton.

Thanks are a tribute payable by the poorest.

South.

2. (Law) (a) That may be discharged or settled by delivery of value. (b) Matured; now due.

Payee Pay·ee" noun The person to whom money is to be, or has been, paid; the person named in a bill or note, to whom, or to whose order, the amount is promised or directed to be paid. See Bill of exchange , under Bill .

Payen Pay"en noun & adjective Pagan. [ French] [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Payer Pay"er noun One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid.

Paymaster Pay"mas`ter noun One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keep account of the same.

Paymaster-general Pay"mas`ter-gen"er·al 1. (a) (Mil.) In the United States army, an officer of the rank of brigadier general, who commands the pay department, which is charged with the payment of the officers and men. (b) (Nav.) In the United States navy, the Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, who has charge of the payment of officers and men and their clothing and subsistence. He has the rank of rear admiral.

2. In Great Britain, an officer of the Treasury who makes all payments and disbursements, civil as well as military. He is a member of the ministry, but not of the cabinet.

Payment Pay"ment noun [ French payment , paiement . See Pay to requite.] 1. The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.

No man envieth the payment of a debt.

Bacon.

2. That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise; reward; recompense; requital; return. Shak.

3. Punishment; chastisement. [ R.]

Payn Payn noun [ Old French & French pain , from Latin panis bread.] Bread. Having Piers Plowman.

Payndemain Payn`de·main" noun [ Old French pain bread + demaine manorial, lordly, own, private. See Payn , and Demesne . Said to be so called from the figure of our Lord impressed upon it.] The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- called also paynemain , payman . [ Obsolete]

Payne's process Payne's process A process for preserving timber and rendering it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of sulphate of iron and calcium chloride in vacuo. -- Payn"ize , transitive verb

Paynim Pay"nim noun & adjective See Painim .

Paynize Payn"ize transitive verb [ From Mr. Payne , the inventor.] To treat or preserve, as wood, by a process resembling kyanizing.

Payor Pay·or" noun (Law) See Payer . [ R.]

Payse Payse transitive verb To poise. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Paytine Pay"tine noun (Chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from a white bark resembling that of the cinchona, first brought from Payta , in Peru.

Pea Pea noun [ Old French peis . See Poise .] The sliding weight on a steelyard. [ Written also pee .]

Pea Pea noun (Nautical) See Peak , noun , 3.

Pea Pea noun ; plural Peas or Pease . [ Middle English pese , from Anglo-Saxon pisa , or Old French peis , French pois ; both from Latin pisum ; confer Greek ..., .... The final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Confer Pease .] 1. (Botany) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum , of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod .

» When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of, the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained nine peas ; but, in a collective sense, the form pease is preferred; as, a bushel of pease ; they had pease at dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the form peas being used in both senses.

2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos , Cicer , Abrus , etc.) esp. those having a scar ( hilum ) of a different color from the rest of the seed.

» The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or less closely related to the common pea. See the Phrases, below.

Beach pea (Botany) , a seashore plant, Lathyrus maritimus . -- Black-eyed pea , a West Indian name for Dolichos sphærospermus and its seed. -- Butterfly pea , the American plant Clitoria Mariana , having showy blossoms. -- Chick pea . See Chick-pea . -- Egyptian pea . Same as Chick-pea . -- Everlasting pea . See under Everlasting . -- Glory pea . See under Glory , noun -- Hoary pea , any plant of the genus Tephrosia ; goat's rue. -- Issue pea , Orris pea . (Medicine) See under Issue , and Orris . -- Milk pea . (Botany) See under Milk . -- Pea berry , a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee. -- Pea bug . (Zoology) Same as Pea weevil . -- Pea coal , a size of coal smaller than nut coal. -- Pea crab (Zoology) , any small crab of the genus Pinnotheres , living as a commensal in bivalves; esp., the European species ( P. pisum ) which lives in the common mussel and the cockle. -- Pea dove (Zoology) , the American ground dove. -- Pea-flower tribe (Botany) , a suborder ( Papilionaceæ ) of leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea. G. Bentham. -- Pea maggot (Zoology) , the larva of a European moth ( Tortrix pisi ), which is very destructive to peas. -- Pea ore (Min.) , argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore. -- Pea starch , the starch or flour of the common pea, which is sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc. -- Pea tree (Botany) , the name of several leguminous shrubs of the genus Caragana , natives of Siberia and China. -- Pea vine . (Botany) (a) Any plant which bears peas . (b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States ( Lathyrus Americana , and other similar species). -- Pea weevil (Zoology) , a small weevil ( Bruchus pisi ) which destroys peas by eating out the interior. -- Pigeon pea . (Botany) See Pigeon pea . -- Sweet pea (Botany) , the annual plant Lathyrus odoratus ; also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.

Pea-jacket Pea"-jack`et noun [ Prob. from Dutch pij , pije , a coat of a coarse woolen stuff.] A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather.

Peabird Pea"bird` noun (Zoology) The wryneck; -- so called from its note. [ Prov. Eng.]

Peabody bird Pea"bod·y bird` (Zoology) An American sparrow ( Zonotrichia albicollis ) having a conspicuous white throat. The name is imitative of its note. Called also White- throated sparrow .

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