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FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN ETEXTS*Ver.04.29.93*END* =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Begin file 7 of 11: P and Q. (Version 0.50) of An electronic field-marked version of: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Version published 1913 by the C. & G. Merriam Co. Springfield, Mass. Under the direction of Noah Porter, D.D., LL.D. This electronic version was prepared by MICRA, Inc. of Plainfield, NJ. Last edit February 11, 1999. MICRA, Inc. makes no proprietary claims on this version of the 1913 Webster dictionary. If the original printed edition of the 1913 Webster is in the public domain, this version may also be considered as public domain. This version is only a first typing, and has numerous typographic errors, including errors in the field-marks. Assistance in bringing this dictionary to a more accurate and useful state will be greatly appreciated. This electronic dictionary is made available as a potential starting point for development of a modern on-line comprehensive encyclopedic dictionary, by the efforts of all individuals willing to help build a large and freely available knowledge base. Anyone willing to assist in any way in constructing such a knowledge base should contact: Patrick Cassidy cassidy@micra.com 735 Belvidere Ave. Office: (908)668-5252 Plainfield, NJ 07062 (908) 561-3416 P. P (p), the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phœnician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b , f , and v ; as ho bb le, ho pp le; f ather, p aternal; reci p ient, recei v e. See B, F, and M. See Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 247, 248, and 184- 195. Pa (pä), n. A shortened form of Papa. Pa"age (p"j; 48), n. [OF. paage , paiage , F. péage , fr. (assumed) LL. pedaticum , fr. L. pes , pedis , foot. See Pedage, Pedal.] (O. Eng. Law) A toll for passage over another person's grounds. [Written also peage and pedage .] Burke. ||Paard (pärd), n. [D., a horse.] The zebra. [S. Africa] Paas (päs), n. Pace [Obs.] Chaucer Paas (ps), n. [D. paash . See Pasch.] The Easter festival. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett. Paas egg . See Easter egg , under Easter. Pab"u*lar (?), a. [L. pabularis .] Of, pertaining to, or fit for, pabulum or food; affording food. Pab`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. pabulatio , fr. pabulari to feed, fr. pabulum food. See Pabulum.] 1. The act of feeding, or providing food. [Obs.] Cockeram. 2. Food; fodder; pabulum. [Obs.] Pab"u*lous (?), a. [L. pabulosus .] Affording pabulum, or food; alimental. [R.] Sir T. Browne. Pab"u*lum (?), n. [L., akin to pascere to pasture. See Pastor.] The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum Pac (?), n. A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up and sewed to the upper. Knight. Pa"ca (?), n. [Pg., from the native name.] (Zoöl.) A small South American rodent ( Cœlogenys paca ), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig. Pa"ca*ble (?), a. [L. pacare to pacify.] Placable. [R.] Coleridge. Pa*cane" (?), n. (Bot.) A species of hickory. See Pecan. Pa"cate (?), a. [L. pacatus , p. p. of pacare to pacify, fr. pax , pacis , peace. See Pay to requite, Peace.] Appeased; pacified; tranquil. [R.] Pa"ca*ted (?), a. Pacified; pacate. Pa*ca"tion (?), n. [L. pacatio .] The act of pacifying; a peacemaking. Coleridge. Pace (?), n. [OE. pas , F. pas , from L. passus a step, pace, orig., a stretching out of the feet in walking; cf. pandere , passum , to spread, stretch; perh. akin to E. patent . Cf. Pas, Pass.] 1. A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step. 2. The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces . "The heigh of sixty pace ." Chaucer. Ordinarily the pace is estimated at two and one half linear feet; but in measuring distances be stepping, the pace is extended to three feet (one yard) or to three and three tenths feet (one fifth of a rod). The regulation marching pace in the English and United States armies is thirty inches for quick time, and thirty-six inches for double time. The Roman pace ( passus ) was from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when it next touched the ground, five Roman feet. 3. Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace ; a quick pace Chaucer. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day. Shak. In the military schools of riding a variety of paces are taught. Walsh. 4. A slow gait; a footpace. [Obs.] Chucer. 5. Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack. 6. Any single movement, step, or procedure. [R.] The first pace necessary for his majesty to make is to fall into confidence with Spain. Sir W. Temple. 7. (Arch.) A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall. 8. (Weaving) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web. Geometrical pace , the space from heel to heel between the spot where one foot is set down and that where the same foot is again set down, loosely estimated at five feet, or by some at four feet and two fifths. See Roman pace in the Note under def. 2. [Obs.] -- To keep, or hold , pace with , to keep up with; to go as fast as. "In intellect and attainments he kept pace with his age." Southey. Pace (?), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Paced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pacing (?).] 1. To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps. "I paced on slowly." Pope. "With speed so pace ." Shak. 2. To proceed; to pass on. [Obs.] Or [ere] that I further in this tale pace. Chaucer. 3. To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack. 4. To pass away; to die. [Obs.] Chaucer. Pace, v. t. 1. To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round. " Pacing light the velvet plain." T. Warton. 2. To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground. 3. To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in. If you can, pace your wisdom In that good path that I would wish it go. Shak To pace the web (Weaving) , to wind up the cloth on the beam, periodically, as it is woven, in a loom. Paced (?), a. Having, or trained in, [such] a pace or gait; trained; -- used in composition; as, slow- paced ; a thorough- paced villain. Pa"cer (?), n. One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that paces. Pa*cha" (?), n. [F.] See Pasha. ||Pa`cha*ca*mac" (?), n. A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator of the universe. ||Pa*chak" (?), n. (Bot.) The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus , exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be the costus of the ancients. [Written also putchuck .] Pa*cha"lic (?), a. & n. See Pashalic. ||Pa*chi"si (?), Par*che"si (&?;), n. [Hind., fr. pachis twenty-five, the highest throw in the game.] A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India. Pa*chom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. pa`chos thickness + -meter . ] (Physics) An instrument for measuring thickness, as of the glass of a mirror, or of paper; a pachymeter. ||Pa*chon"ta (?), n. (Bot.) A substance resembling gutta-percha, and used to adulterate it, obtained from the East Indian tree Isonandra acuminata Pach"y- (?). [Gr. &?; thick.] A combining form meaning thick ; as, pachy derm, pachy dactyl. Pach`y*car"pous (?), a. [ Pachy- + Gr. &?; fruit.] (Bot.) Having the pericarp thick. Pach`y*dac"tyl (?), n. [ Pachy- + dactyl .] (Zoöl.) A bird or other animal having thick toes. Pach`y*dac"tyl*ous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having thick toes. Pach"y*derm (?), n. [Cf. F. pachyderme .] (Zoöl.) One of the Pachydermata. Pach`y*der"mal (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or relating to the pachyderms; as, pachydermal dentition. ||Pach`y*der"ma*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; thick-skinned; pachy`s thick + &?; skin.] (Zoöl.) A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog. It is now considered an artificial group. Pach`y*der"ma*tous (?), a. 1. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the pachyderms. 2. Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule. Pach`y*der"moid (?), a. [ Pachyderm + -oid .] (Zoöl.) Related to the pachyderms. Pach`y*glos"sal (?), a. [ Pachy- + Gr. &?; tongue.] (Zoöl.) Having a thick tongue; -- applied to a group of lizards ( Pachyglossæ ), including the iguanas and agamas. Pach`y*men`in*gi"tis (?), n. [ Pachy- + meningitis . ] (Med.) Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain. Pa*chym"e*ter (?), n. [ Pachy- + -meter .] Same as Pachometer. Pach"y*ote (?), n. [ Pachy- + Gr. &?;, &?;, ear.] (Zoöl.) One of a family of bats, including those which have thick external ears. Pac"i*fi`a*ble (?), a. Capable of being pacified or appeased; placable. Pa*cif"ic (?), a. [L. pacificus : cf. F. pacifique . See Pacify.] Of or pertaining to peace; suited to make or restore peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts; a pacific nature or condition. Pacific Ocean , the ocean between America and Asia, so called by Magellan, its first European navigator, on account of the exemption from violent tempests which he enjoyed while sailing over it; - - called also, simply, the Pacific , and, formerly, the South sea Syn. -- Peacemaking; appeasing; conciliatory; tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; reconciling; mild; gentle. Pa*cif"ic*a*ble (?), a. Placable. [R.] Bp. Hall. Pa*cif"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to peace; pacific. [R.] Sir H. Wotton. -- Pa*cif"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.] Pa*cif`i*ca"tion (?), n. [L. pacificatio : cf. F. pacification . See Pacify.] The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation. "An embassy of pacification ." Bacon. Pa*cif"i*ca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, pacifies; a peacemaker. Bacon. Pa*cif"i*ca*to*ry (?), a. [L. pacificatorius .] Tending to make peace; conciliatory. Barrow. Pac"i*fi`er (?), n. One who pacifies. Pac"i*fy (?), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pacified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pacifying (?).] [F. pacifier , L. pacificare ; pax , pacis , peace + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Peace, and -fy.] To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity. "Pray ye, pacify yourself." Shak. To pacify and settle those countries. Bacon. Pa*cin"i*an (?), a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini , an Italian physician of the 19th century. Pacinian corpuscles , small oval bodies terminating some of the minute branches of the sensory nerves in the integument and other parts of the body. They are supposed to be tactile organs. Pack (?), n. [Cf. Pact.] A pact. [Obs.] Daniel. Pack, n. [Akin to D. pak , G. pack , Dan. pakke , Sw. packa , Icel. pakki , Gael. & Ir. pac , Arm. pak . Cf. Packet.] 1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods. Piers Plowman. 2. [Cf. Peck, n. ] A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden. "A pack of sorrows." "A pack of blessings." Shak. "In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of wool, 240 lbs." McElrath. 3. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; as: (a) A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack (b) A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together. (c) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves. (d) A shook of cask staves. (e) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously. 4. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely. Kane. 5. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack , wet pack , cold pack , etc., according to the method of treatment. 6. [Prob. the same word; but cf. AS. p&?;can to deceive.] A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage. [Obs.] Skelton. Pack animal , an animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in carrying packs. -- Pack cloth , a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering packs or bales. -- Pack horse . See Pack animal (above). -- Pack ice . See def. 4, above. -- Pack moth (Zoöl.) , a small moth ( Anacampsis sarcitella ) which, in the larval state, is very destructive to wool and woolen fabrics. -- Pack needle , a needle for sewing with pack thread. Piers Plowman. -- Pack saddle , a saddle made for supporting the load on a pack animal. Shak. -- Pack staff , a staff for supporting a pack; a peddler's staff. -- Pack thread , strong thread or small twine used for tying packs or parcels. -- Pack train (Mil.) , a troop of pack animals. <! p. 1029 !> Pack (?), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Packed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Packing.] [Akin to D. pakken , G. packen , Dan. pakke , Sw. packa , Icel. pakka . See Pack, 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. Strange materials packed up with wonderful art. Addison. Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed. Shak. 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. 3. To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly. And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown. Pope. 4. Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes. The expected council was dwindling into . . . a packed assembly of Italian bishops. Atterbury. 5. To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot. [Obs.] He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies. Fuller. 6. To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse. Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey. Shack. 7. To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; -- sometimes with off ; as, to pack a boy off to school. He . . . must not die Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven. Shak. 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.] 9. (Hydropathy) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n. , 5. 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. Pack, v. i. 1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation. 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. 3. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack . [Eng.] 4. To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away Poor Stella must pack off to town Swift. You shall pack, And never more darken my doors again. Tennyson. 5. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion. [Obs.] "Go pack with him." Shak. To send packing , to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. "The parliament . . . presently sent him packing ." South. Pack"age (?), n. 1. Act or process of packing. 2. A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods. 3. A charge made for packing goods. 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. Pack"er (?), n. A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation; as, a pork packer Pack"et (?), n. [F. paquet , dim. fr. LL. paccus , from the same source as E. pack . See Pack.] 1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. Shak. 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. Packet boat , ship , or vessel . See Packet, n. , 2. -- Packet day , the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. -- Packet note or post . See under Paper. Pack"et, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Packeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Packeting.] 1. To make up into a packet or bundle. 2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel. Her husband Was packeted to France. Ford. Pack"et, v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat. Pack"fong` (?), n. [Chin. peh tung .] (Metal.) A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver. Pack herse. See under 2d Pack. Pack"house` (?), n. Warehouse for storing goods. Pack"ing, n. 1. The act or process of one who packs. 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. 3. (Masonry) Same as Filling. [Rare in the U. S.] 4. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] Bale. 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. -- Packing box , a stuffing box. See under Stuffing. -- Packing press , a powerful press for baling cotton, wool, hay, etc. -- Packing ring . See Packing, 2 (c) , and Illust. of Piston. -- Packing sheet (a) A large cloth for packing goods. (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients. Pack"man (?), n. ; pl. Packmen (&?;). One who bears a pack; a peddler. { Pack saddle, Pack thread }. See under 2d Pack. Pack"wax` (?), n. (Anat.) Same as Paxwax. Pack"way` (?), n. A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals. { Pa"co (?), Pa"cos (?), } n. [Sp. paco , fr. Peruv. paco . Cf. Alpaca.] 1. (Zoöl.) Same as Alpaca. 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. Pact (?), n. [L. pactum , fr. paciscere to make a bargain or contract, fr. pacere to settle, or agree upon; cf. pangere to fasten, Gr. &?;, Skr. pca bond, and E. fang : cf. F. pacie . Cf. Peace, Fadge, v. ] An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant. Bacon. The engagement and pact of society whish goes by the name of the constitution. Burke. Pac"tion (?), n. [L. pactio : cf. F. paction . See Pact.] An agreement; a compact; a bargain. [R.] Sir W. Scott. Pac"tion*al (?), a. Of the nature of, or by means of, a paction. Bp. Sanderson. Pac*ti"tious (?), a. [L. pactitius , pacticius .] Setted by a pact, or agreement. [R.] Johnson. Pac*to"li*an (?), a. Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands. Pa"cu (?), n. (Zoöl.) A South American freah-water fish ( Myleies pacu ), of the family Characinidæ . It is highly esteemed as food. Pad (?), n. [D. pad . √21. See Path.] 1. A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. Addison An abbot on an ambling pad. Tennyson. 3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad Gay. Byron. 4. The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.] Pad, v. t. To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.] Padding the streets for half a crown. Somerville. Pad, v. i. 1. To travel heavily or slowly. Bunyan. 2. To rob on foot. [Obs.] Cotton Mather. 3. To wear a path by walking. [Prov. Eng.] Pad, n. [Perh. akin to pod .] 1. A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing. 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. 3. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame. 4. A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising. 5. (Zoöl.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals. 6. A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant. 7. (Med.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc. 8. (Naut.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck. W. C. Russel. 9. A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad ; a basket of soles. [Eng.] Simmonds. Pad cloth , a saddlecloth; a housing. -- Pad saddle . See def. 3, above. -- Pad tree (Harness Making) , a piece of wood or metal which gives rigidity and shape to a harness pad. Knight. Pad, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Padded; p. pr. & vb. n. Padding.] 1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding. 2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth. Ure. Pad"ar (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Groats; coarse flour or meal. [Obs.] Sir. H. Wotton. Pad"der (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, pads. 2. A highwayman; a footpad. [Obs.] Pad"ding, n. 1. The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing. 2. The material with which anything is padded. 3. Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc. London Sat. Rev. 4. (Calico Printing) The uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant. Pad"dle (?), 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. 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. As the men were paddling for their lives. L'Estrange. While paddling ducks the standing lake desire. Gay. Pad"dle, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Paddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paddling (?)] 1. To pat or stroke amorously, or gently. To be paddling palms and pinching fingers. Shak. 2. To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles. 3. To pad; to tread upon; to trample. [Prov. Eng.] Pad"dle, n. [See Paddle, v. i. ] 1. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats. 2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle. Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon. Deut. xxiii. 13. 3. One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel. 4. A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough 5. (Zoöl.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle. 6. A paddle-shaped implement for stirring or mixing. 7. [In this sense prob. for older spaddle , a dim of spade .] See Paddle staff (b), below. [Prov. Eng.] Paddle beam (Shipbuilding) , one of two large timbers supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam vessel. -- Paddle board . See Paddle, n. , 3. -- Paddle box , the structure inclosing the upper part of the paddle wheel of a steam vessel. -- Paddle shaft , the revolving shaft which carries the paddle wheel of a steam vessel. -- 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.] -- Paddle steamer , a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels, in distinction from a screw propeller. - - 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. Pad"dle*cock` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The lumpfish. [Prov. Eng.] Pad"dle*fish` (?), 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 Pad"dler (?), n. One who, or that which, paddles. Pad"dle*wood` (?), n. (Bot.) The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum , a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks. Pad"dock (?), 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 Paddock pipe (Bot.) , a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus Equisetum , especially E. limosum and the fruiting stems of E. arvense ; -- called also padow pipe and toad pipe . See Equisetum. -- Paddock stone . See Toadstone. -- Paddock stool (Bot.) ,a toadstool. Pad"dock, n. [Corrupted fr. parrock . See Parrock.] 1. A small inclosure or park for sporting. [Obs.] 2. A small inclosure for pasture; esp., one adjoining a stable. Evelyn. Cowper. Pad"dy (?), a. [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.] Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such pady persons." Digges (1585). "The paddy persons." Motley. Pad"dy, n. ; pl. Paddies (#). [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick , the tutelar saint of Ireland.] A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman. Pad"dy, n. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay pd .] (Bot.) Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies. Paddy bird (Zoöl.) See Java sparrow , under Java. Pad`e*li"on (?), n. [F. pas de lion on's foot.] (Bot.) A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle. ||Pa*del"la (?), 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 Pad`e*mel"on (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Wallaby. Pad"e*soy` (?), n. See Paduasoy. Padge, n. (Zoöl.) The barn owl; -- called also pudge , and pudge owl . [Prov. Eng.] ||Pa`di*shah" (?), n. [Per. pdishh . Cf. Pasha.] Chief ruler; monarch; sovereign; -- a title of the Sultan of Turkey, and of the Shah of Persia. Pad"lock` (?), 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. Pad a path, Paddler.] 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. 2. Fig.: A curb; a restraint. Pad"lock`, 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. Pad"nag` (?), n. [lst pad + nag .] An ambling nag. "An easy padnag ." Macaulay. Pad"ow (?), n. (Zoöl.) A paddock, or toad. Padow pipe (Bot.) See Paddock pipe , under Paddock. ||Pa*dro"ne (?), n. ; pl. It. Padroni (#), E. Padrones . [It. See Patron.] 1. A patron; a protector. 2. The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean. 3. A man who imports, and