Paludamentura. 
Statue of the Emperor Augustus, 
Villa Albani, Rome. 
paludamentum 
paludamentum (pa-lii-da-men'tum), .; pi. 
paliMlametita (-ta). ' [L. : see paludament.~] The 
cloak worn by an 
ancient Roman gen- 
eral commanding an 
army, his principal 
officers, and his per- 
sonal attendants, in 
contradistinction to 
the sagum of the 
common soldier, 
and the toga or garb 
of peace. It was sleeve- 
less, open in front, reach- 
ed down to the knees, and 
hung loosely over the 
shoulders, being fastened 
at the neck, in front or 
(more typically) on one 
side, with a clasp. 
Paludajnentutn, an 
adaptation of the Greek 
chlamys, worn by the 
emperor as head of the 
army, purple in colour, 
though white was also 
allowed. 
Encyc. Brit., VI. 456. 
Paludicella (pa-lu- 
di-sel'ii), re. [NL., 
< L. palus (pallid-), a marsh, + cella, a cell.] 
The typical genus of Paludicellidse. P. articu- 
lata is British, olive-green, and paludicole. 
Paludicellidae (pa-lu-di-sel'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Paludicella + -idee.] A family of ctenosto- 
mous ectoproctous polyzoans, typified by the ge- 
nus Paludicella : so called from inhabiting fresh 
water. In these moss-animalcules the polypidom is fixed, 
filamentous, diffusely branched, coriaceous, with uniserial 
cells placed end to end, and having tubular unilateral ten- 
taculate apertures and circular lophophores with uniserial 
tubercles. Also written Paludicellaidx. Allinan. 
Paludicellini (pa-lu"di-se-li'ni), n. pi. [NL., 
< Paludicella + -4ni.~] Same as Paludicellidx. 
Paludicola (pal-n-dik'6-ia), re. [NL. : seepalu- 
dicole.J A genus of Old World ant-thrushes, 
the type of which is Pitta nipalensis. Hodg- 
son, 1837. Also called Heleornis, Hydrornis, 
and Gigantipitta. 
Paludicolae (pal-u-dik'6-le), n. pi. [NL., pi. 
of Pahidicola.J An order or suborder of gral- 
latorial birds, including those which inhabit 
marshes and are precocial, as the gruiform and 
rallif orm birds, or cranes, rails, and their allies : 
distinguished from Limicolse. More commonly 
called Aleetorides. 
paludicole (pa-lu'di-kol), a. [< liL.paludicola, 
a dweller in 'a marsh, < L. palus (palud-), a 
marsh, + colere, inhabit.] Inhabiting or fre- 
quenting marshes ; palustrine ; paludine. 
paludicoline, paludicolous (pal-u-dik'o-lin, 
-lus), a. Same as paludicole. 
Paludina (pal-u-di'na), re. [NL., < L. palus 
(palud-), a marsh.] The typical genus of Palit- 
dinidee: same as Viviparus. 
paludine (pal'u-din), a. [< L. palus (palud-), 
a marsh, + -ine 1 ."] Same as paludinous. 
Pahldinidae (pal-u-din'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Paludina + -idse.~] A family of fresh-water 
pectinibranchiate gastropods, typified by the 
genus Paludina: same as Viriparidse. See 
pond-snail. 
paludiuous (pa-lu'di-nus), a. [< paludine + 
-mis."] Of or pertaining to marshes ; paludal. 
paludious(pa-lu'di-us), a. [< Ij.palus(palud-), 
a marsh.] Marshy; fenny; boggy. Bp. Gau- 
den, Tears of the Church, p. 60. 
paludism (pal'u-dizm), n. [< L. palus (palud-), 
a marsh, + -ism."] Malarial poisoning. 
Health improves under the treatment proper for chronic 
paludism. Science, XI. 140. 
paludose (pal'u-dos), a. [= Sp. Pg. It. palu- 
doso, < L. paludosus, swampy, marshy, < palus 
(palud-), a swamp, marsh.] Marshy, (a) In lot., 
growing in marshy places. (6) In zool., living in marshes ; 
paludicole. 
palulus (pal'u-lus), n.; pi. paluli (-15). [NL., 
dim. of palus, q. v.] One of the small detached 
rods situated about the columella of an acti- 
nozoan ; also, same as palus. 
palumbus (pa-lum'bus), n. [NL., < L. palum- 
bus, m., palumba, f., usually palutnbes or pa- 
lumbis, m. f., a wood-pigeon, ring-dove: see 
Columbai."] A pigeon or dove : sometimes used 
as a generic designation of those pigeons which 
are closely related to the common Columba pa- 
lumbus. 
palus (pa'lus), .; pi. pali (-11). [NL., < L. pa- 
Inn, a stake, pale: see pale*, pole*.] In corals, 
one of the laminaa or plate-like processes which 
extend upward from the bottom of a coralite to 
. Paly of six argent 
ules. 2. Paly 
. 
and g 
bendy 
gules. 
. . 
argent and 
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the calice ; an extension from the inner edge of 
certain septa to or toward the columellar space 
or axis of the visceral chamber. They are connected 
by their outer edges with the septa, and their inner edges 
are free or united with the columella. Pali are various in 
number, size, and shape, and occur only in connection with 
certain cycles or series of septa, and from these they differ 
in structure. The term is chiefly used in the plural. Also 
palulus. 
palustral (pa-lus'tral), a. [As paluatr-ine + 
-/.] Same as paludal. 
palustrian (pa-lus'tri-an), a. Same as paludal. 
palustrine (pa-lus'trin), a. 
[Cf. Sp. OF. palustre; irreg. < 
L. paltis (palud-), a swamp, on 
type of lacustrine."] Same as 
paludal. 
palveiset, n. A corrupt form 
of pavise. Florio. 
palwar (pal'war), n. Same as 
pulwar. 
paly* (pa'li), a. [< OF. pale, < 
pal, a pale: see jpofe 1 .] In 
her., divided into four or more 
equal parts by perpendicular 
lines: as, paly of six argent 
and gules. There should always 
be an even number of parts. Also 
palewise. See also cut under border. 
- Barry paly, bendy paly, etc. See 
barryV, etc. Paly bendy. Same as 
bendy paly (which see, under bendy). 
Paly bendy sinister or sinisterwise. Same as paly 
bendy, but with the diagonal lines drawn bendy sinister. 
Paly pily. Same as pily paly (which see, under pily). 
paly 2 (pa'li), a. [< pale? + -yi."] Pale ; want- 
ing color. [Poetical.] 
Fire answers fire, and through their paly flames 
Each battle sees the other's umber'd face. 
Shak., Hen. V., iv., Prol., 1. 28. 
O'erhung with paly locks of gold. 
Whittier, The Reformer. 
paly 3 (pa'li), re.; pi. palies (-liz). [< ME. paly, 
etc.: see pale*.] If. Same as pate 4 , 1. 2. A 
roll of bran such as is given to hounds. Halli- 
well. 
pam (pam), re. [Abbr. < F. pamphile, the knave 
of clubs, < Gr. nd/i^iAof, a person's name, lit. 
' beloved of all,' < irdf (irav-), all, + Qitof, beloved, 
dear.] The knave of clubs in the game of loo. 
Ev'n mighty Pam, that kings and queens o'erthrew, 
And mow'd down armies in the fights of loo. 
Pope, R. of the L., iii. 61. 
pamban-manche (pam'ban-manch), re. [Ta- 
mil.] A canoe of great length used on the 
Malabar coast of India for conveying persons 
on the rivers and back-waters. It is hollowed out 
of a single tree, and is from 30 to 60 feet long, and not ex- 
ceeding 3 feet broad. The largest ones are sculled by about 
twenty men, double-banked, and when pressed they at- 
tain a speed of twelve miles an hour. Also called ser- 
pent-boat, snake-boat. 
pamet, . A Middle English form of palm 1 , 1. 
English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 472. 
pame (pa-ma'), a. [Heraldic F.] In her., hav- 
ing the mouth open : said of a fish used as a 
bearing. 
pamentt, A Middle English form of pave- 
ment. 
pameroon-bark (pam-e-ron'bark), re. A highly 
fragrant resinous tree, Trichilia moschata. See 
muskwood. 
pampt (pamp), v. t. [< ME. pampen, < LG. 
pampen, also slampampen, pamper oneself, live 
luxuriously, = G. dial, pampfen, pampen, cram 
with food, stuff, perhaps < pampe, broth, pap: 
see papl. Hence freq. pamper.] To pamper; 
indulge. 
Thus the devil fareth with men and wommen : First he 
stirith hem to pappe and pamp her fleisch, desyrynge deli- 
cous metis ana drynkis. Reliquiae Antiquse, i. 41. 
pampa (pam'pa), re. [= G. pampa, < Sp. and 
Pg. pampa, < S. Amer. (Argentine Republic) 
pampa, in Peru bamba (Quichuan&nwj&a, banba), 
a plain.] A vast treeless plain such as char- 
acterizes the region lying south of the forest- 
covered belt of the Amazon valley, especially 
in the Argentine Republic: so called in the 
southern part of South America. Similar plains 
north of the Amazon are called llanos. Both words are 
frequently used by writers on South American physical 
geography. (See plain.) Humboldt uses gteppe and savan- 
na as nearly equivalent to both pampa and llano. 
pampas-cat (pam'paz-kat), re. A small South 
American wildcat inhabiting the pampas, Felis 
pajeros or F. passerum. It somewhat exceeds a 
house-cat in size, being about as large as the European wild- 
cat, F. catiii, with a rather small head. The color is yel- 
lowish-gray, white below, fully streaked on the sides, and 
banded on the legs with white or blackish. It is a com- 
mon animal, and derives its name pajero from frequent- 
ing weedy places. It preys on birds and small mammals. 
See cut in next column. 
Pampas-cat, or Pajero (Felts paj, 
pampas-deer (pam'paz-der), n. A small deer 
of the pampas of South America, Cariacus cam- 
pestris, the male of which has antlers dichot- 
Pampas-deer (Cariacus campestris}. 
omous at the end, and with a simple brow-snag. 
It is one of two species forming the subgenus 
Blastocerus. 
pampas-grass (pam'paz-gras), n. A fine orna- 
mental grass, Gynerium argenteum, introduced 
from the La 
Plata region. 
Its ample sil- 
very-silky pan- 
icles are borne 
on stalks from 6 
to 12 feet high. 
pampas-rice 
(pam'paz-ris), 
n. A variety 
of the com- 
mon sorghum, 
Sorghum vul- 
gare, with a 
drooping pan- 
icle: grown to 
some extent in 
the southern 
United States. 
pampean 
(pam'pe-an),a. 
[< pampa + 
-e-an,~] Of or 
pertaining to 
the pampas of 
SouthAmerica. 
Pampean for- 
mation, in geol., 
the alluvial and 
comparatively re- 
cent deposits that 
overspread the 
pampas of the Argentine Republic. They are extraordi- 
narily rich in the remains of quadrupeds, of which more 
than a hundred extinct species have been described, some 
of them being animals of great size. 
The plain, at the distance of a few miles from the coast, 
belongs to the great Pampean formation, which consists 
in part of a reddish clay, and in part of a highly calcareous 
marly rock. Darwin, Voyage of Beagle, I. 104. 
pampelmoes, pampelmouse (pam'pel-moz, 
-mous), n. [(Y.pamplemouifse.i Sameaspow- 
pelmous. 
pamper (pam 'per), v. [Early mod. E. pampre; 
< ME. pamperen, pampren, also, in comp., for- 
pampren, pamper; = G. dial, pampeln, cram; 
freq. of pamp.'] I. trans. To treat luxuriously ; 
indulge with rich food or with luxurious ease 
and comforts ; gratify to the full with whatever 
delights or ministers to ease and luxurious 
living. 
Ye that reigne in youth and lustynesse, 
Pampired with ease, and joyless in youre age. 
Court of Love, 1. 177. 
Pride may be pamper'd while the flesh grows lean. 
Camper, Truth, 1. 117. 
H.f intrans. To indulge one's self. 
Plume of Pampas-grass. 
