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pædogenesis (pēd�jĕn�sĭs), n. [Gr. pai^s, paidos, child + E. genesis.] (Zoöl.) Reproduction by young or larval animals.
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pædogenetic (pēd�j�nĕtĭk), a. (Zoöl.) Producing young while in the immature or larval state; -- said of certain insects, etc.
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pæon (pēŏn), n. [L. paeon, Gr. paiwn a solemn song, also, a pæon, equiv. to paian. See .] (Anc. Poet.) A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable. [Written also, less correctly, pæan.]
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Paeoniaceae prop. n. A natural family of perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs, native to temperate Europe and North America.
Syn. -- family Paeoniaceae, peony family.
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pæonine (pē�nĭn), n. (Chem.) An artifical red nitrogenous dyestuff, called also red coralline.
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paeony, Pæony (pē�n�), n. (Bot.) Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers; the .
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Pagan (pāg�n), n. [L. paganus a countryman, peasant, villager, a pagan, fr. paganus of or pertaining to the country, rustic, also, pagan, fr. pagus a district, canton, the country, perh. orig., a district with fixed boundaries: cf. pangere to fasten. Cf. , , and , also .] One who worships false gods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew.
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Neither having the accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man. Shak.
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Syn. -- Gentile; heathen; idolater. -- , , . Gentile was applied to the other nations of the earth as distinguished from the Jews. Pagan was the name given to idolaters in the early Christian church, because the villagers, being most remote from the centers of instruction, remained for a long time unconverted. Heathen has the same origin. Pagan is now more properly applied to rude and uncivilized idolaters, while heathen embraces all who practice idolatry.
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Pagan, a. [L. paganus of or pertaining to the country, pagan. See , n.] Of or pertaining to pagans; relating to the worship or the worshipers of false goods; heathen; idolatrous, as, pagan tribes or superstitions.
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And all the rites of pagan honor paid. Dryden.
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Pagandom (-dŭm), n. The pagan lands; pagans, collectively; paganism. [R.]
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{ Paganic (pȧgănĭk), Paganical (-ĭk�l), } a. Of or pertaining to pagans or paganism; heathenish; paganish. [R.] “The paganic fables of the goods.” Cudworth. -- Paganically, adv. [R.]
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Paganish (pāg�nĭsh), a. Of or pertaining to pagans; heathenish. “The old paganish idolatry.” Sharp
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Paganism (-ĭz'm), n. [L. paganismus: cf. F. paganisme. See , and cf. .] The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., the worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism.
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Paganity (pȧgănĭt�), n. [L. Paganitas.] The state of being a pagan; paganism. [R.] Cudworth.
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Paganize (pāg�nīz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paganized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paganizing (?).] To render pagan or heathenish; to convert to paganism. Hallywell.
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Paganize, v. i. To behave like pagans. Milton.
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Paganly, adv. In a pagan manner. Dr. H. More.
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Page (pāj), n. [F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr. Gr. paidion, dim. of pai^s, paidos, a boy, servant; perh. akin to L. puer. Cf. , .] 1. A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. Prior to 1960 only boys served as pages in the United States Congress
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He had two pages of honor -- on either hand one. Bacon.
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2. A boy child. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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3. A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.
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4. (Brickmaking) A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
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5. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.
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page, v. t. 1. To attend (one) as a page. [Obs.] Shak.
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2. To call out a person's name in a public place, so as to deliver a message, as in a hospital, restaurant, etc.
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3. To call a person on a .
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Page, n. [F., fr. L. pagina; prob. akin to pagere, pangere, to fasten, fix, make, the pages or leaves being fastened together. Cf. , , .]
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1. One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.
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Such was the book from whose pages she sang. Longfellow.
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2. Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history.
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3. (Print.) The type set up for printing a page.
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Page, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paged (pājd); p. pr. & vb. n. Paging (pājĭng).] To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios.
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Pageant (păj�nt or pāj�nt; 277), n. [OE. pagent, pagen, originally, a movable scaffold or stage, hence, what was exhibited on it, fr. LL. pagina, akin to pangere to fasten; cf. L. pagina page, leaf, slab, compaginare to join together, compages a joining together, structure. See , of a book.]
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1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. “A pageant truly played.” Shak.
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To see sad pageants of men's miseries. Spenser.
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2. An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display.
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The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day! Pope.
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We love the man, the paltry pageant you. Cowper.
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Pageant, a. Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. “Pageant pomp.” Dryden.
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Pageant, v. t. To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [R.] “He pageants us.” Shak.
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Pageantry (-r�), n. Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular quality; splendor.
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Such pageantry be to the people shown. Dryden.
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The pageantry of festival. J. A. Symonds.
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Syn. -- Pomp; parade; show; display; spectacle.
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page boy, n. A type of hairdo.
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Pagehood (?), n. The state of being a page.
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pager, n. A small electronic communication device which signals when a telephone call has been received at a base station. Each such device receives radio signals from the base station specifically coded for the individual to whom it is registered; the signal given by the device to the registered user may be a beeping sound, indicating that the user should call the base station to receive a message; or it may display a telephone number to which the user may call directly to return the incoming call, or may display a short message. Such devices are small enough to carry in the pocket or pocketbook, or to clip onto a belt or other part of the clothing. Also called beeper.
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Pagina (?), n.; pl. Paginæ (#). [L.] (Bot.) The surface of a leaf or of a flattened thallus.
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Paginal (?), a. [L. paginalis.] Consisting of pages. “Paginal books.” Sir T. Browne.
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paginate (păjĭnāt), v. t. To number the pages of (a book or manuscript).
Syn. -- foliate.
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Pagination (păjĭnāshŭn), n. The act or process of paging a book; also, the characters used in numbering the pages; page number. Lowndes.
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Paging (?), n. The marking or numbering of the pages of a book.
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Pagod (?), n. [Cf. F. pagode. See .] 1. A pagoda. [R.] “Or some queer pagod.” Pope.
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2. An idol. [Obs.] Bp. Stillingfleet.
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Pagoda (?), n. [Pg. pagoda, pagode, fr. Hind. & Per. but-kadah a house of idols, or abode of God; Per. but an idol + kadah a house, a temple.] 1. A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship.
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2. An idol. [R.] Brande & C.
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3. [Prob. so named from the image of a pagoda or a deity (cf. Skr. bhagavat holy, divine) stamped on it.] A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees.
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Pagoda sleeve. (Costume) A funnel-shaped sleeve arranged to show the sleeve lining and an inner sleeve.
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Pagodite (?), n. (Min.) Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the Chinese into the form of pagodas. See .
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Paguma (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of East Indian viverrine mammals of the genus Paguma. They resemble a weasel in form.
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Pagurian (?), n. [L. pagurus a kind of crab, Gr. pagoyros.] (Zoöl.) Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which Pagurus is a type; the hermit crab. See Hermit crab, under .
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Pagurus prop. n. [Gr. pagoyros, crab.] The type genus of the crustacean family Paguridae.
Syn. -- genus Pagurus.
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Pah (?), interj. An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. See .
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Fie! fie! fie! pah! pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination. Shak.
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Pah (?), n. [From native name.] A kind of stockaded intrenchment. [New Zealand.] Farrow.
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pahautea n. An evergreen tree (Libocedrus bidwillii) of New Zealand resembling the kawaka.
Syn. -- Libocedrus bidwillii, mountain pine.
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Pahi (?), n. (Naut.) A large war canoe of the Society Islands.
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Pahlavi, Pahlevi (?), n. 1. The language of Sassanian Persia. See .
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2. The script in which the Pahlavi language was written. It was taken from the Aramaic alphabet.
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3. A gold coin formerly used in Iran, equal in value to 20 rials.
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Pahoehoe (?), n. (Min.) A name given in Hawaii (formerly the Sandwich Islands) to lava having a relatively smooth or billowing surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called aa.
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Pah-Utes (?), n. pl. (Ethnol.) See .
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Paid (?), imp., p. p., & a. from . 1. Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.
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2. Satisfied; contented. [Obs.] “Paid of his poverty.” Chaucer.
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paideutics (p�dūtĭks), n. [Gr. paideytikh, fr. paideyein to teach, fr. pai^s, paidos, a boy.] The science or art of teaching.
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Paien (?), n. & a. Pagan. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Paigle (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose. [Written also pagle, pagil, peagle, and pygil.]
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Paijama (?), n. Pyjama.
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Pail (pāl), n. [OE. paile, AS. pægel a wine vessel, a pail, akin to D. & G. pegel a watermark, a gauge rod, a measure of wine, Dan. pægel half a pint.] A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover. Shak.
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Pailful (?), n.; pl. Pailfuls (�). The quantity that a pail will hold. “By pailfuls.” Shak.
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Paillasse (?; F. �), n. [F., fr. paille straw. See a bed.] An under bed or mattress of straw. [Written also palliasse.]
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Paillon (?), n.; pl. -lions (#). [F., fr. paille straw.] A thin leaf of metal, as for use in gilding or enameling, or to show through a translucent medium.
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Pailmall (?), n. & a. See . [Obs.]
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pain (pān), n. [OE. peine, F. peine, fr. L. poena, penalty, punishment, torment, pain; akin to Gr. poinh penalty. Cf. , to languish, .] 1. Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty. Chaucer.
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We will, by way of mulct or pain, lay it upon him. Bacon.
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Interpose, on pain of my displeasure. Dryden.
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None shall presume to fly, under pain of death. Addison.
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2. Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart. “The pain of Jesus Christ.” Chaucer.
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☞ Pain may occur in any part of the body where sensory nerves are distributed, and it is always due to some kind of stimulation of them. The sensation is generally interpreted as originating at the peripheral end of the nerve.
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3. pl. Specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth.
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She bowed herself and travailed, for her pains came upon her. 1 Sam. iv. 19.
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4. Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish. Also called mental pain. Chaucer.
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In rapture as in pain. Keble.
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5. See , labor, effort.
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Coloq. Bill of pains and penalties . See under . -- Coloq. To die in the pain , to be tortured to death. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Pain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pained (pānd); p. pr. & vb. n. Paining.] [OE. peinen, OF. pener, F. peiner to fatigue. See , n.] 1. To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish. [Obs.] Wyclif (Acts xxii. 5).
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2. To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him.
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Excess of cold, as well as heat, pains us. Locke.
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3. To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as, a child's faults pain his parents.
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I am pained at my very heart. Jer. iv. 19.
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Coloq. To pain one's self , to exert or trouble one's self; to take pains; to be solicitous. [Obs.] “She pained her to do all that she might.” Chaucer.
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Syn. -- To disquiet; trouble; afflict; grieve; aggrieve; distress; agonize; torment; torture.
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Painable (?), a. [Cf. F. pénible.] Causing pain; painful. [Obs.]
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The manacles of Astyages were not . . . the less weighty and painable for being composed of gold or silver. Evelyn.
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pained adj. Made to suffer mental pain.
Syn. -- offended.
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Painful (?), a. 1. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing. Addison.
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2. Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.
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3. Painstaking; careful; industrious. [Obs.] Fuller.
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A very painful person, and a great clerk. Jer. Taylor.
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Nor must the painful husbandman be tired. Dryden.
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Syn. -- Disquieting; troublesome; afflictive; distressing; grievous; laborious; toilsome; difficult; arduous.
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-- Painfully, adv. -- Painfulness, n.
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painfulness n. Emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid.
Syn. -- pain.
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Painim (?), n. [OE. painime pagans, paganism, fr. OF. paienisme paganism, LL. paganismus. See , .] A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively. [Written also panim and paynim.] Peacham.
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painkiller n. A medicine used in to relieve pain.
Syn. -- analgesic, anodyne, pain pill.
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Painless (?), a. Free from pain; without pain. -- Painlessly, adv. -- Painlessness, n.
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Pains (pānz), n. Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural in form, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former.
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And all my pains is sorted to no proof. Shak.
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The pains they had taken was very great. Clarendon.
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The labored earth your pains have sowed and tilled. Dryden.
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Painstaker (pānztākẽr), n. One who takes pains; one careful and faithful in all work. Gay.
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Painstaking (pānztākĭng), a. Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive. “Painstaking men.” Harris.
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Painstaking, n. The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance. Beau. & Fl.
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Painsworthy (pānzwûr��), a. Worth the pains or care bestowed.
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Paint (pānt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Painted; p. pr. & vb. n. Painting.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poikilos many-colored, Skr. piç to adorn. Cf. , , , .] 1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.
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Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. 2 Kings ix. 30.
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2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.
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Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. Shak.
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Cuckoo buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight. Shak.
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3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.
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4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict; as, to paint a political opponent as a traitor.
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Disloyal?
The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. Shak.
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If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. Pope.
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Syn. -- To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe.
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Paint, v. t. 1. To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.
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2. To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
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Let her paint an inch thick. Shak.
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Paint, n. 1. (a) A pigment or coloring substance. (b) The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface.
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2. A cosmetic; rouge. Praed.
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paintable adj. Lending itself to being painted; as, a highly paintable landscape; made of sturdy eminently paintable wood. Opposite of unpaintable.
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paintbox n. A box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint.
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paintbrush n. A brush used to apply paint.
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Painted, a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
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As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean. Coleridge.
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2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting.
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Coloq. Painted beauty (Zoöl.), a handsome American butterfly (Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors, -- Coloq. Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs (Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. -- Coloq. Painted finch . See . -- Coloq. Painted lady (Zoöl.), a bright-colored butterfly. See . -- Coloq. Painted turtle (Zoöl.), a common American freshwater tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.
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painted wolf n. (Zoöl.) Same as .
Syn. -- African wild dog, African hunting dog.
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Painter (pāntẽr), n. [OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. pantière, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. panqhra; pa^s all + qhr beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear.] (Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. Totten.
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Painter, n. [Corrupt. of panther.] (Zoöl.) The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.] J. F. Cooper.
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Painter, n. [See 1st .] One whose occupation is to paint; esp.: (a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint. (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like.
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Coloq. Painter's colic . (Med.) See Lead colic, under . -- Coloq. Painter stainer . (a) A painter of coats of arms. Crabb. (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name.
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