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Pack (păk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packed (păkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Packing.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See , n.] 1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as, to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.
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Strange materials packed up with wonderful art. Addison.
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Where . . . the bones
Of all my buried ancestors are packed. Shak.
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2. To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.
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3. To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly; to stack{3} (the deck).
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And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown. Pope.
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4. Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; to stack{3}; as, to pack a jury or a caucus.
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The expected council was dwindling into . . . a packed assembly of Italian bishops. Atterbury.
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5. To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot. [Obs.]
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He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies. Fuller.
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6. To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.
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Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey. Shack.
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7. To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; to send packing; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.
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He . . . must not die
Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven. Shak.
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8. To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts). [Western U.S.]
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9. (Hydropathy) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See , n., 5.
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10. (Mech.) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.
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11. To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something; specif. (Hydropathy), to envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
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Pack, v. i. 1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
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2. To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.
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3. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack. [Eng.]
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4. To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.
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Poor Stella must pack off to town Swift.
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You shall pack,
And never more darken my doors again. Tennyson.
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5. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion. [Obs.] “Go pack with him.” Shak.
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Coloq. To send packing , to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. “The parliament . . . presently sent him packing.” South.
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Package (păk�j; 48), n. 1. Act or process of packing.
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2. A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods.
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3. A charge made for packing goods.
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4. A duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods imported or exported by aliens, or by denizens who were the sons of aliens.
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packaged (păk�jd), adj. Enclosed in a package{2} or protective covering; as, packaged cereals. [Narrower terms: prepackaged, pre-packaged, prepacked ] unpackaged, loose
Syn. -- wrapped, done up.
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packed adj. 1. Same as .
Syn. -- full, jammed, jam-packed.
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2. Crowded; as, the theater was packed.
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packer (păkẽr), n. 1. A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation or for the market; as, a pork packer.
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2. A ring of packing or a special device to render gas-tight and water-tight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well. [U. S.]
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Packera prop. n. A genus of American or East Asian perennial herbs with yellow to orange or red flower rays; it is sometimes included in genus Senecio.
Syn. -- genus Packera.
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packet (păkĕt), n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See .]
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1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. Shak.
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2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat.
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Coloq. Packet boat , Coloq. Packet ship , or Coloq. Packet vessel . See , n., 2. -- Coloq. Packet day , the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. -- Coloq. Packet note or Coloq. Packet post . See under .
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Packet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Packeting.] 1. To make up into a packet or bundle.
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2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
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Her husband
Was packeted to France. Ford.
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Packet, v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
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Packfong (păkfŏng), n. [Chin. peh tung.] (Metal.) A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver.
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Pack horse. See under 2d .
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Packhouse (păkhous), n. Warehouse for storing goods.
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Packing, n. 1. The act or process of one who packs.
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2. Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close. Specifically (Mach.): A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious; as: (a) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint. (b) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides. (c) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.
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3. (Masonry) Same as . [Rare in the U. S.]
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4. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] Bale.
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Coloq. Cherd packing (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc., on a pin at the bottom of a chord. Waddell. -- Coloq. Packing box , a stuffing box. See under . -- Coloq. Packing press , a powerful press for baling cotton, wool, hay, etc. -- Coloq. Packing ring . See , 2 (c), and Illust. of . -- Coloq. Packing sheet . (a) A large cloth for packing goods. (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.
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packinghouse n. 1. A place where foodstuffs are processed and packed; as, they came from an apple packinghouse.
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2. A plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products.
Syn. -- packing plant.
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Packman (?), n.; pl. Packmen (�). One who bears a pack; a peddler.
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packrat, pack rat n. 1. Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America, especially Neotoma cinerea, which hoard food and other objects in their nests.
Syn. -- trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea.
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2. A person who habitually saves items, even those unlikely to be useful. [Informal]
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packsaddle n. A saddle to which loads can be attached.
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{ Pack saddle, Pack thread. } See under 2d .
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packthread, pack thread n. A strong three-ply thread or small twine used to sew or tie packs or packages.
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Packwax (păkwăks), n. (Anat.) Same as .
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Packway (păkwā), n. A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals.
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{ Paco (?), Pacos (?), } n. [Sp. paco, fr. Peruv. paco. Cf. .] 1. (Zoöl.) Same as .
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2. [Peruv. paco, pacu, red, reddish, reddish ore containing silver; perh. a different word.] (Min.) An earthy-looking ore, consisting of brown oxide of iron with minute particles of native silver. Ure.
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pact (păkt), n. [L. pactum, fr. paciscere to make a bargain or contract, fr. pacere to settle, or agree upon; cf. pangere to fasten, Gr. phgnynai, Skr. pāça bond, and E. fang: cf. F. pacte. Cf. , , v.] An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant. Bacon.
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The engagement and pact of society which goes by the name of the constitution. Burke.
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Paction (?), n. [L. pactio: cf. F. paction. See .] An agreement; a compact; a bargain. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
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Pactional (?), a. Of the nature of, or by means of, a paction. Bp. Sanderson.
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Pactitious (?), a. [L. pactitius, pacticius.] Setted by a pact, or agreement. [R.] Johnson.
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Pactolian (?), a. Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands.
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Pacu (?), n. (Zoöl.) A South American fresh-water fish (Myletes pacu), of the family Characinidæ. It is highly esteemed as food.
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pad (păd), n. [D. pad. √21. See .] 1. A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. Addison
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An abbot on an ambling pad. Tennyson.
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3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad. Gay. Byron.
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4. The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.]
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Pad, v. t. To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.]
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Padding the streets for half a crown. Somerville.
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Pad, v. i. 1. To travel heavily or slowly. Bunyan.
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2. To rob on foot. [Obs.] Cotton Mather.
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3. To wear a path by walking. [Prov. Eng.]
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Pad, n. [Perh. akin to pod.] 1. A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.
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2. A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper.
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3. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
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4. A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
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5. (Zoöl.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
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6. A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
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7. (Med.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
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8. (Naut.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck. W. C. Russel.
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9. A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles. [Eng.] Simmonds.
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10. A dwelling place, usually an apartment; one's living quarters; as, come over to my pad to watch the game. [Slang]
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11. A sum of money paid as a bribe to police officers, shared among them; also, the list of such officers receiving such a bribe.
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Coloq. Pad cloth , a saddlecloth; a housing. -- Coloq. Pad saddle . See def. 3, above. -- Coloq. Pad tree (Harness Making), a piece of wood or metal which gives rigidity and shape to a harness pad. Knight. -- Coloq. on the pad , receiving bribes; -- of police officers.
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Pad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padded; p. pr. & vb. n. Padding.] 1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
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2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth. Ure.
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Padar (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Groats; coarse flour or meal. [Obs.] Sir. H. Wotton.
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padded adj. Same as , 1.
Syn. -- cushioned, cushiony.
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Padder (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, pads.
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2. A highwayman; a footpad. [Obs.]
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Padding, n. 1. The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing.
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2. The material with which anything is padded.
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3. Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc. London Sat. Rev.
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4. (Calico Printing) The uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant.
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Paddle (?), v. i. [Prob. for pattle, and a dim. of pat, v.; cf. also E. pad to tread, Prov. G. paddeln, padden, to walk with short steps, to paddle, G. patschen to splash, dash, dabble, F. patouiller to dabble, splash, fr. patte a paw. √21.] 1. To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes. [Obs.] Shak.
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2. To dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc.
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As the men were paddling for their lives. L'Estrange.
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While paddling ducks the standing lake desire. Gay.
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Paddle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paddling (?)] 1. To pat or stroke amorously, or gently. [Obsolescent]
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To be paddling palms and pinching fingers. Shak.
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2. To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles.
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3. To pad; to tread upon; to trample. [Prov. Eng.]
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4. To spank with a paddle or as if with a paddle; -- usually as a disciplinary punishment of children.
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5. To mix (a viscous liquid) by stirring or beating with a paddle.
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Paddle, n. [See , v. i.] 1. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.
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2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle, such as that used in table tennis.
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Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon. Deut. xxiii. 13.
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3. One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel.
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4. A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough.
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5. (Zoöl.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.
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6. A paddle-shaped implement for stirring or mixing.
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7. [In this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade.] See Paddle staff (b), below. [Prov. Eng.]
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Coloq. Paddle beam (Shipbuilding), one of two large timbers supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam vessel. -- Coloq. Paddle board . See , n., 3. -- Coloq. Paddle shaft , the revolving shaft which carries the paddle wheel of a steam vessel. -- Coloq. Paddle staff . (a) A staff tipped with a broad blade, used by mole catchers. [Prov. Eng.] (b) A long-handled spade used to clean a plowshare; -- called also plow staff. [Prov. Eng.] -- Coloq. Paddle steamer , a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels, in distinction from a screw propeller. -- Coloq. Paddle wheel , the propelling wheel of a steam vessel, having paddles (or floats) on its circumference, and revolving in a vertical plane parallel to the vessel's length.
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paddlebox, paddle box n. 1. a wooden covering for the upper part of the paddle wheel of a steam vessel.
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Paddlecock (?), n. (Zoöl.) The lumpfish. [Prov. Eng.]
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Paddlefish (?), n. (Zoöl) A large ganoid fish (Polyodon spathula) found in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout. Called also duck-billed cat, and spoonbill sturgeon.
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Paddler (?), n. One who, or that which, paddles.
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Paddlewood (?), n. (Bot.) The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks.
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Paddock (?), n. [OE. padde toad, frog + -ock; akin to D. pad, padde, toad, Icel. & Sw. padda, Dan. padde.] (Zoöl.) A toad or frog. Wyclif. “Loathed paddocks.” Spenser
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Coloq. Paddock pipe (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus Equisetum, especially Equisetum limosum and the fruiting stems of Equisetum arvense; -- called also padow pipe and toad pipe. See . -- Coloq. Paddock stone . See . -- Coloq. Paddock stool (Bot.),a toadstool.
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Paddock, n. [Corrupted fr. parrock. See .]
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1. A small inclosure or park for sporting. [Obs.]
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2. A small inclosure for pasture; esp., one adjoining a stable. Evelyn. Cowper.
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3. An enclosure used for saddling and mounting horses prior to a race.
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Paddy (?), a. [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.] Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. “Such pady persons.” Digges (1585). “The paddy persons.” Motley.
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Paddy, n.; pl. Paddies (#). [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland.] A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman; -- usually considered offensive. [Obsolescent]
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Paddy, n. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay pādī.] (Bot.) Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.
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Coloq. Paddy bird . (Zoöl.) See Java sparrow, under .
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paddymelon n. 1. Any of several small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea, especially those belonging to the genus Thylogale.
Syn. -- pademelon.
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paddy wagon n. An enclosed truck used by police to transport prisoners.
Syn. -- patrol wagon, Black Maria.
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Pad elephant. An elephant that is furnished with a pad for carrying burdens instead of with a howdah for carrying passengers.
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Padelion (?), n. [F. pas de lion lion's foot.] (Bot.) A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle.
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Padella (?), n. [It., prop., a pan, a friing pan, fr. L. patella a pan.] A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's, in Rome. Called also padelle.
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pademelon n. (Zoöl.) Any of several small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea, especially those belonging to the genus Thylogale; a paddymelon. See
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Padesoy (?), n. See .
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Padge, n. (Zoöl.) The barn owl; -- called also pudge, and pudge owl. [Prov. Eng.]
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Padishah (?), n. [Per. pādishāh. Cf. .] Chief ruler; monarch; sovereign; -- a title of the Sultan of Turkey, and of the Shah of Persia.
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Padlock (?), n. [Perh. orig., a lock for a pad gate, or a gate opening to a path, or perh., a lock for a basket or pannier, and from Prov. E. pad a pannier. Cf. a path, .] 1. A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc.
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2. Fig.: A curb; a restraint.
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Padlock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padlocked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Padlocking.] To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock. Milton. Tennyson.
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Padnag (?), n. [1st pad + nag.] An ambling nag. “An easy padnag.” Macaulay.
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Padow (?), n. (Zoöl.) A paddock, or toad.
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Coloq. Padow pipe . (Bot.) See Paddock pipe, under .
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Padre (pädrā), n.; pl. Sp. & Pg. Padres (pädrās); It. Padri (pädrē). [Sp., Pg., & It., fr. L. pater father. See .] 1. A Christian priest or monk; used as a term of address for priests in some churches (especially Roman or Orthodox Catholic in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Spanish America); -- also used in the American military.
Syn. -- Father.
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2. In India (from the Portuguese), any Christian minister; also, a priest of the native region. Kipling.
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3. A chaplain in one of the military services.
Syn. -- military chaplain, Holy Joe, sky pilot.
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Padrone (?), n.; pl. It. Padroni (#), E. Padrones. [It. See .] 1. A patron; a protector.
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2. The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
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3. A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc.
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Paduasoy (?), n. [From Padua, in Italy + F. soie silk; or cf. F. pou-de-soie.] A rich and heavy silk stuff. [Written also padesoy.]
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Paducahs (pȧdūkȧz), n. pl.; sing. Paducah (-kȧ). (Ethnol.) See .
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Pæan (pē�n), n. [L. paean, Gr. paian, fr. Paian the physician of the gods, later, Apollo. Cf. , .] [Written also pean.] 1. An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities.
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2. Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph, joy, or praise. Dryden. “Public pæans of congratulation.” De Quincey.
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3. See .
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Pædobaptism (pēd�băptĭz'm), n. Pedobaptism.
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