padlette 
padlette (pud'lot), w. A spangle used in em- 
broidery and decorative costume. 
padlock : (pad'lok), . [Perhaps orig. 'a lock for 
,'i pannier or hamper' (one of its present uses), 
< pad*, /><<!, a pannior, + lock 1 .] A portable 
lock with a pivoted bow or hasp or a sliding 
hasp, designed to lit over a staple or engage a 
ring and to hang suspended when closed, such 
locks are made in a great variety of styles, and range from 
siin pic Hute- locks tu coinplinitt'd permutation-locks. Some 
p;ul locks are self-locking ; others art- locked with a key, the 
keyhole being in the side or at the bottom. 
Whate'er the talents, or howe'er design'd, 
We hang one jingling padlock on the mind. 
Pope, Dunclad, iv. 182. 
Dead padlock, a padlock having no spring for either bolt 
or hasp, the key turning the bolt, while the hasp is opened 
by the hand. 
padlock (pad'lok), r. t. [< padlock, .] To 
fasten by or as by means of a padlock. 
Let not . . . such an unmerciful and more than legal 
yoke be padlocked upon the neck of any Christian. 
MUton, Colasterion. 
padmelon (pad'mel-on), . Same a,spademelon. 
pad-nag (pad'nag), n. [< jpad 1 , a road, + nag?. 
( T. /lad-horse.] An ambling nag; an easy-going 
pad. 
A New Epilogue by Mrs. Pack in a Riding Habit, upon 
a Pad-Nayg, representing a Town Miss Travelling to Tun- 
bridge. Quoted in Ashton's Social Life in Reign of Qaeen 
[Anne, II. 16. 
pad-nag ( pad'nag), .. [< pad-naff, n.] To ride 
a pad-uag. [Rare.] 
Will It not, moreover, give him pretence and excuse of- 
tener than ever to pad-nag it hither to good Mrs. Howe's 
fair daughter'/ 
Jiichardson, Clarissa Harlowe, III. 235. (Dames.) 
padou (pad'6), n. [< F. padou, appar. < Padoue, 
It. Padua, Padua. Cf. paduasoy.] A sort of 
silk ferret or ribbon. Simmonds. 
padovana, padovane, n. Same &spavan. 
padow-pipe (pad'6-pip), n. Same as paddock- 
/"'/"' 
pad-plate (pad'plat), n. In saddlery, an iron bow 
for stiffening a harness-pad and forming a base 
for the harness-mountings. 
padre (pii'dre), n. [Sp. Pg. It. padre, lit. father, 
< L. pater = E. father : see father.] Father: 
used with reference to priests in Spain, Italy, 
Mexico, southwestern United States, South 
America, etc. 
padrone (pa-dro'ne), n. ; pi. padroni (-ne). [It., 
a patron, protector, master: see patron.'] A 
master ; especially, a person, generally an Ital- 
ian, who owns hand-organs and lets them out 
to itinerant players, or who systematically em- 
ploys destitute children to beg for his benefit; 
also, an Italian labor-contractor ; one who lets 
out Italian laborers in a body. 
pad-saddle (pad'sad'l), n. A saddle made of 
leather and padding without a tree. E. H. 
Knii/lit. 
pad-screw (pad'skro'), n. In saddlery, a screw- 
bolt with an ornamental head, used for fasten- 
ing the pad-sides to the pad-plate. 
padstoolt (pad'sto'l), . [= D. paddestoel = G. 
paddenstuhl; as pad% + stool.] A toadstool: 
same as paddockstool. Levins. 
Hermolaus also writeth this of the Lycurium, that it 
groweth in a certaine stone, and that it is a kind of mush- 
rom, or padst oole. 
Topse.ll, Beasts (1607), p. 494. (HaUiicell.) 
Reverse. 
Paduan (Imitation of coin of Domitian), in 
British Museum. (Size of the original.) 
(pad'top), n. In saddlery, the orna- 
"mental leather that forms the top or finish to 
the pad. E. H. Knight. 
pad-tree (pad'tre), n. In saddlery, a piece of 
Pad-tree and Pad. 
a, pad-tree ; f>, pad ; c , rf, tf, pad-plate ; e e, terrets ; f, check-hooK . 
wood or metal which gives shape and rigidity 
to the harness-pad. E. H. Knight. 
Paduan 1 (pad'u-an), a. and n. [< It. Paduano, 
< 1'adiHi, Padua.] I. a. Of or pertaining to 
Padua, a city of northern Italy, or to the prov- 
ince of Padua. 
266 
4229 
II. . 1. A native or an inhabitant of Padua. 
2. One of the 
imitations of 
Koman bronze 
coiusiind medal- 
lions made in 
the sixteenth 
century by Gio- 
vanni Cavino, 
assisted by his 
friend A. Bassi- 
ano, both of Pa- 
dua in Italy. 
These pieces weVe 
struck in copper, 
alloyed, and in sil- 
ver, and were de- 
signed as works of 
art- not as forgeries. 
paduan-, padu- 
ana, Same as 
pOMMi 
paduasoy (pad'- 
u-a-soi), . 
[Also padusoy, 
padesoy; appar. 
orig. ''Padua soy, 
tr. F. soie de 
Padoue: see pa- 
dou and soy.] A 
smooth, strong, 
rich silk, origi- 
nallv 111-1 jmf no 
nailV manUiaC- 
tured at Padua, 
used for garments of both women and men in 
the eighteenth century ; also, a garment made 
of this material. 
My wife herself retained a passion for her crimson pailu- 
asay. because I formerly happened to say it became her. 
Goldtmith, Vicar, IT. 
Item, from Mrs. Malaprop, for betraying the yonng peo- 
ple to her, . . . two guineas, and a black vadvmy. 
Sheridan, Rivals, i. 1. 
p. 86. An abbreviation of the Latin paries sequa- 
les, equal parts. 
paean 1 (pe an), n. [Also pean ; < L. peean, < Gr. 
Tmiav, Epic jra7&n', a hymn in honor of Apollo, 
< ttatdv, llaiuv, a name of Apollo (first applied, 
in Homer, to the physician of the gods).] Ori- 
ginally, a hymn to a help-giving god, especially 
Apollo, under the title of Peean or Pseon, con- 
taining the invocation 'Io Psean' (la or ifc 
Naiav), asking for aid in war or other trouble, 
or giving thanks for aid received; hence, a 
war-song sung before a battle in honor of Ares, 
or after a battle as a thanksgiving to Apollo; 
in later times, a hymn in praise of other gods, 
or even of mortals ; hence, a song of triumph 
generally ; a loud and joyous song. 
With ancient rites, 
And due devotions, I have ever hung 
Elaborate Paeans on thy golden shrine. 
B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 2. 
I sung the joyful Pxan clear, 
And, sitting, burnished without fear 
The brand, the buckler, and the spear 
Waiting to strive a happy strife. 
Tennyson, The Two Voices. 
Through all his tones sound the song of hope and the 
ptean of assured victory. T. Winthrop, Cecil Dreeme, iv. 
paean 2 (pe'an), n. Seepseon. 
paganism (pe'an-izm), n. [< Gr. vaiavta/j6f, a 
chanting of the peean, < iratav, a choral song: 
see psean 1 .] Songs or shouts of praise or of 
battle ; shouts of triumph. Mitford. 
Paecilo-. For words beginning thus, see Pcecito-. 
paedagogict, paedagognet, etc. Obsolete forms 
of pedagogic, etc. 
paederastia (ped-e-ras'ti-a), n. [NL.] Same as 
pederasty. 
Paederia (pe-de'ri-S), n. [NL. (Linnaeus. 1771), 
irreg. < Qr.'xatdepuf , a rosy-flowered plant used 
for wreaths, also rouge, and a kind of opal.] 
A genus of plants of the gamopetalous order 
Rubiaceee, the madder family, type of the tribe 
Psederieie, characterized by the two hair-like 
twisted stigmas and two-celled ovary. There 
are 9 or 10 species, one In Brazil, the others in tropical 
Asia. They are twiners with shrubby stems, fetid when 
bruised, bearing opposite leaves, and small flowers in 
cymes. P. faetida is diffused from India to China and the 
Malayan islands. It is the bedolee futta of Assam, and is 
sometimes called Chinese fever-plant. In Hindu medi- 
cine it furnishes a specific for rheumatism, administered 
externally and internally ; its root is said to be used as an 
emetic. Its stems yield a strong, flexible, and durable fiber, 
of a silk-like appearance, seemingly adapted to the finest 
textile purposes. 
Paederieae (ped-e-ri'e-e), n. pi. [NL. (A. P. 
de Candolle, 1830), < Pxderia + -ex.] A tribe 
of plants of the order Rubiaces, distinguished 
by the solitary basilar ovnles, inferior radicle, 
Paeonieae 
valvate corolla, ami capsule of two carpels. 
II inrlu.li-s 7 < iiiTtt and about 2y species, mostly vines, 
ith stems or leaves fetid when bruised, mainly tropical. 
paedeutlCS (pe-ilii'tiks), . [< <!r. -niAn 
of or pertaining to teaching (TO. rraticiTtna, the 
science of teaching, ij irafevruc# (sc. ri^vr/), edu- 
cation), < iraiitfaiv. teach, < iraif (iraiA-), a child: 
see pedagogue.] The science of teaching or of 
education. Also paidfutics. 
P32disca(i>e-'lis'kji),H. [NL.(Treit8chke, 1830), 
< Gr. iraiaioKt/, a young girl, fern, of muiianoc., a 
young boy, dim. of xaie, a boy, girl.] A large 
genus of small tortricid moths. There are over 
Misnamed Gall-moth (Pmditea taligneatta). 
a, moth (cross shows natural size) ; *, Ball, with protruding pupa- 
shell ; e, moth with wings closed ; rf, larva. 
100 specles.60 of which Inhabit North America north of 
Mexico, as P. Kudderiana or taligneana, which commonly 
makes galls on the stems of various goldenroda in the 
United States, and is sometimes called gait-moth, a name 
more properly belonging to a species of Gtltchia. See 
also cut under gaU-molh. 
paedobaptism, paedogenesis, etc. See pedo- 
baptism, etc. 
paent. . See pagan. 
paenula (pe'nu-la), . ; pi. peenulee (-le). 1. In 
classical antiq., a long sleeveless cloak, pro- 
vided with an opening for the head only, worn 
by travelers. 2. Eccles., a chasuble, especially 
in its older form as a sleeveless circular or ellip- 
tical vestment, with an opening for the head 
and reaching nearly to the feet. See chasuble, 
phelonion. Also spelled pcnula. 
paeon (pe'on), n. [=F.peon =8p.peon,<L.pee- 
on,<. Gr. JTCUUV, a songin nonorof Apollo, a metri- 
cal foot (see def .),< Uai&v, a name of Apollo: see 
peean 1 .] In anc.pros., a foot consisting of four 
times or syllables, one of which is long, the other 
three being short. According to the position of the 
long in the first, second, third, or fourth place respective* 
ly, the foot assumes four forms, distinguished asjir/tt peeon 
(_ w %, w), fecund peean (~ ~ ~), third peean ( ~ w), and 
fourth psron ( ). The preon has a magnitude of five 
nioree or primary times (i. e ., is pentasemlc), Its resolved 
form being the pentabrach ( -- ~ - ~). Tliree of these 
times belong to the thesis and two to the arsis, or vice versa 
(w w w | w w, or w w | w w w), so that the picon belongs to 
and is the type of the hemiolic or peeonic class of feet. Only 
the first picon and the fourth peon were In use in Ttnomo 
verse, the contracted form, known as the Cretic, being, 
however, more common ; the second and third occurred 
in verses analyzed by the ancients as mixed Ionic, or epl- 
onic. The Cretic (- ~| -) was sometimes known as 
the ptron diagyioB, as distinguished from tliep/fonepibatus 
(* | I "- c-fc= *- | ), in which each short of the pentabrach 
was doubled (i. e., represented by a long). The pawn re- 
ceived its name from Its original use in compositions In 
honor of Apollo (see pxanl). See diagyiot, epunttu. Also 
spelled, less correctly, pjean. 
In the first pteon, an equivalent of the erotic, an arsis 
consisting of a long and snort Is followed b> a thesis con- 
sisting of two shorts. J. Hadley, Essays, p. 98. 
Peon dlagylos. See diagyita. 
Paeonia (pe-6'ni-S), n. [NL. (Malpighi, 1675), 
< L. peeonia, peony : see peony.] A genus of 
plants of the order Banunculacca, type of the 
tribe Pseoniese. About 7 species are known, natives of 
north temperate regions. They are perennial herbs, with 
large radical and alternate pinnately divided leaves, and 
showy white, red, or purple flowers, each producing from 
2 to 5 many-seeded pod-like follicles. Seepeon^andcAi&e. 
paeonic (pe-on'ik), a. and it. [<.pseon + -ic.] I. 
a. In anc. pros.: (a) Of or pertaining to a pteon ; 
constituting or equivalent to a peeon, or con- 
sisting of pin IN.- : as, a pxonic foot, colon,verse ; 
pteonic rhythm. The pseonic rhythm or move- 
ment was regarded by the ancients as especially 
enthusiastic and fiery in character, (b) Having 
the pedal ratio of a paeon (2:3); hemiolic: as, 
the piFnnif (hemiolic) class of feet. See Aemt- 
olic. 
II. n. A pasonic foot or verse. 
Paeonieae (pe-o-ni'e-e), n. pi. [NL. (Endlicher, 
1836), < Paeonia ( -ex.] A tribe of plants of 
the polypetalous order Ranunculacex, consist- 
