passage 
Oiirsi'lf and nar own wiul, th.it have heliel.l 
Your vile ami must l:i-< -iiimi.-, / 
/.. Miii-liiii, iMinili Kin-lil, v. 
Thou dost in thy jxiitmije* of life 
Make mi- li.'lieve that tlnill nit unly mark'd 
Kur tin' In >t vengeance ninl the roil nf heaven 
To uuiiinh my mislreadlngs. 
.*.;,., 1 Hen. IV., Ill 2. 8. 
ll'iiwelll set salle fur the Sumim-i lull's; whi'ru safely 
urrtuiiiK, hee ileelatv.l the u In ik- pusxatje to the (iouernour, 
lest smile other In Idling uii^ht make it worse. 
(juotcd ill I'li/il. ./"/in Smith'* Works, II. 131). 
One pleasant inmii/f tiapveneil, which wim aete.l liy tin- 
Indians. Wintliniii, Mist. New England, I. 15. 
There must be now no pa**aye* of love 
Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
Truth l our only armor in all ptumjft of life and death. 
Emerson, Conduct of Life. 
9. A part of a writing or speech concerning a 
particular occurrence, matter, or point ; a para- 
graph or clause, (a) A verse, chapter, section, or other 
division or part of a hook or text : as, a pottage of Scrip- 
ture ; select postages from the poets. 
Every particular Master in this Art has his favorlta Ja> 
sages lu an Author. Additon, Spectator, No. 262. 
Hard at ft, with concordance and examination of paral- 
lel pottage*, he goes early next morniiiK- 
W. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. S40. 
(6) A part of a conversation ; a speech; a remark; a state- 
ment; ait expression. 
I would not be partial! to either, hut deliver y truth in 
all, and, as nere as I can, in their owue words and pottage*. 
Bradford, 1-lymouth Plantation, p. 807. 
One of the assistants using some pathetical imssagetot 
the loss of such a governour in a time of such danger as 
did hang over us from the Indians and French, the gov- 
ernonr brake forth into tears. 
Winthrop, Hist New England. I. 247. 
(c) In music: (1) A phrase or other definite division of a 
piece. (2) A figure. (3) A scale-like or arpeggiated group 
or series of tones introduced as nn embellishment ; a run, 
roulade, or flourish intended for display. (4) A modula- 
tion. 
A little helpless innocent bird, 
That has but one plain postage of few notes. 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
10. A pass or encounter: as, ^passage at arms. 
Never Fortune 
Did play a subtler game ; the conquer'd triumphs, 
The victor has the Toss ; yet in the passage 
The pods have been most equal. 
Fletcher (and another), Two Noble Kinsmen, v. 4. 
11. The act of passing, enacting, or rendering 
valid; approval, sanction, or enactment; au- 
thoritative adoption and enactment, as of a 
parliamentary motion, measure, or bill: as, the 
passage of the bill through the House was ac- 
complished with difficulty. 12f. A passing 
away; departure; death. 
So shalt tin Hi lead 
Safest thy life, and best prepared endure 
Thy mortal passage when It comes. 
Miltun, P. 1.., xl. 380. 
13. In falconry, the line taken by herons in the 
breeding season over any region on their way 
to and from the heronry. Encyc. Brit., IX. 7. 
14f. An old game played by two persons with 
three dice. "The caster throws continually till he has 
thrown doublets under ten, and then he is out and loses, 
or doublets above ten and then he passes and wins." Com- 
pleat Gamester, p. tS7. (HaUiweU.) 
Learn to play at primero and pottage. 
B, Jonton, Every Man out of his Humour, I. 1. 
Alveolar passages. See alveolar. - Beds of passage, 
in ../''"/ , beds which lie between other groups of strata, and 
exhibit conditions, either of llthologlcal structure or of 
fossil contents, indicating a gradual transition from the 
character of the underlying to that of the overlying group. 
Bird Of passage. See Wrrfi and migration.- In pas- 
sage, in pawing ; cursorily ; transitorily. 
These fundamental knowledges have been studied but 
tn pottage. Bacon. 
Intercellular, middle, neurenteric, northeast, 
northwest passage. See the adjectives. Passage 
hawk, In falconry. See Aawfri. Encyc. Brit., IX. 7. 
Passage Of arms, (n) originally, a feat of arms at the 
passage of a ford, gorge, or bridge ; especially, the defend- 
ing of the passage by a champion or the forcing of K by 
an assailant. Hence (6) Any feat of arms, especially one 
deliberately brought about as a feat of prowess, (e) Any 
quarrel, especially one of words; as, there was a grand 
pottage of annjt between them. [Colloq,. ] Pedal pas- 
gage. See pedal. -To make a passage, (a) To mi 
grate, as whales, from one feeding-ground to another. 
(6) To make an outward or a home trip, as a vessel, as dis- 
tiniriiish.'.l from cruising about. -Syn. 3. Path, /'ag, etc. 
See way. 
passage (pas'aj), v. .; pret. and pp. pasxiii/nl, 
ppr. passaging. [< F. pnxxayi-r: from the noun.] 
1. To pass or cross. 
Beauclerk . . . pattayed to Lady Davenant. 
Hits Edgeworth, Helen, xvii. 
2. To wnlk sidewise: said of a saddle-horse. 
See the quotation. 
Instruction in passaging. I. e. walking sideways on a 
pressure by the rider's leg on the side opposite to that to- 
wards which the horse is required to move. 
Encyc. Brit., XII. 191. 
passage-board (pas'iij-boril), . In //<"'- 
Ian III i HI/, a I in nl ]il:iei'il lirl wi-i'ii thr parts of un 
organ BO as to make them accessible for tailing, 
repairs, etr. 
passage-money (pas'aj-mun'i), n. The charge 
made for tl tivryanee of a passenger in a 
ship or other vessel; fare, 
passage! 4, " An obsolete form of //>. </<,. 
passager-t (pas'a-jer), n. Same ax passagere. 
passageret (pa-sa-zb&r'), " [< F. patsagire. 
1. in. of passager, passenger: see patsenger.} 
A cluster of curls or loose locks of hair on the 
temple : a style of dressing women's hair in the 
early part of the eighteenth century. 
passageway (pas'aj-wa), n. 1. A passage ; ft 
road, avenue, path, or way affording means of 
communication; avenue of entrance or exit; 
street, alley, gallery, or corridor. 
The line of guards and constables kept the pastagevai/s 
open, so that carriages were freer In move out at a rapid 
pace than when they actually reached some of the regular 
thoroughfares of the city. 
T. C. Crautford, English Life, p. 44. 
2. A hall. [U. 8.] 
Meanwhile, there was a step In the i>a*iayeirau, above 
stairs. llnirthnriie, Seven tiables, vil. 
(pas'aj-ing), n. [< passage, n., + 
A pass; an encounter; a passage. 
They answer and provoke each other's song 
With skirmish and capricious passaging*, 
And murmurs musical. 
Coleridge, The Nightingale. 
2. In the manege, a sidewise forward movement. 
Passalidae(pa-sal'i-de), n.pl. [NL., < 1'anmlus 
+ -irfa>.] A family of Coleoptera named from 
the genus Pasxtilu* by MacLeay in 1S19. By most 
modern entomologists they are consolidated with the Lu- 
canida. Also Pamalida (Leach, isifl). 
Passalorhynchite (pas'a-lo-riug'kit), . [< Or. 
Trdaaaln;, a peg, a gag, + />ijxfi snout, muzzle.] 
A member of a sect in the early church, said to 
have been Moutanists, who observed a perpet- 
ual silence, in literal obedience to Ps. cxh. :!. 
Also I'attalorhynchian. 
Passalns (pas'a-lus), n. [NL. (Fabricius, 
1793), < Gr. irdooa/.of, a peg, gag.] 1. A genus 
of lamellicorn beetles of the family Lticanidtc, 
with a large corneous ligula contained in an 
emarginatiou of the mentum. About 100 species 
are known, mainly tropical. The only one in the United 
States is P. rornntiitt, a large shining flat beetle, having 
the elytra striatc and the head armed with a short hook. 
It is commonly found about the roots of decayed stumps, 
and is known as the horned passalut. 
2. [J. c.] A member of this genus. See cut 
under horn-buy. 
passa-measuret, . [Also accom. passing-mca- 
nure ; accom. forms of pa#same;:o, q. v.] Same 
as i>assamc;:o. 
I can dance nothing but III favoure.llv, 
A strain or two of pfuwa-measures galliard ! 
Middleton, More Dissemblers besides Women, v. 1. 
passamentt, n. and r. An obsolete form of 
pansfiiient. 
passamezzo (pas-sa-med'zo), . [It., < posmirr, 
pass, + me::o, middle. According to Kiemann, 
the term refers to the alia breve stroke through 
the musical time-signature, (, called patina n 
mezzo, and hence denoting simply a dance in 
quick time.] An old Italian dance, or the music 
for such a dance: probably the same as/MiriN, 
but often confused with passepied. It is known 
in English as passa-meavure, passy-mcasurr, 
passing-measure, etc. Also spelled pasxemezzo. 
passancet, . [< OF. *paxance,<. passant, pass- 
ing: see passant.] A journey. 
Thus passed they their patsanrr, and wore out the 
weerie way with these pleasant discourses and prettie 
posies. Saker, Narbonus (1580X L 131. (HattiteeU.) 
passant (pas'ant), a. and n. [< MK. //</. < 
< )F. pnxxitHl. 1''. piinxniit = 8p. pasante = Pg. It. 
pngsantc, < ML. ;># (/-)., ppr. of paxsare, 
pass: see puss, r.J I. a. 1. Walking; walk- 
ing leisurely: in heraldry, said of a beast used 
as a bearing. The beast is always understood 
to hold the heaxl straight and to look forward. 
See cut under niiintcrch<in</rri. 
Re them espying gan him selfe prepare, 
And on his arme addresae his goodly shield. 
That bore a Lion pa*ant in a golden tlel.l. 
Spentrr, F. Q., III. i. 4. 
Put the case she should be passant when you enter, as 
thus ; you are to frame your gnit thereafter. 
B. Jonton, Cynthia's Revels, III. 3. 
2f. Current. .Sir T. Brmcne, Vulg. Err., i. 8. 
3f. Passing; transitory. 
The memory of these should quickly fade 
(For pleasure's stream 
Is like a dream, 
Pauant and fleet, as is a shade). 
Wtktter, Odes (Works, ed. Hailitt, III. UK). 
passel 
4f. Cursory; careless; without deliberation or 
reflection. 
What a severe Judgment all our actions (even our pat 
MII/ words and our secret thoughts) must hereafter un 
dergo! Barrow, Sermons, II. ivi. 
St. Surpassing; excelling. 
A pastant name. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1249. 
Passant gardant, In her., walking, but with the head 
turned and looking out from the escutcheon: said of a 
boast used as a bearing. See cut under gardant. Pas- 
sant rampant, In krr., walking, with the dexter paw 
raised Into a horizontal or nearly horizontal position.-- 
Passant regardant. In her., walking, but with the head 
turned and looking behind him : said of a beast used as a 
bearing. See cut under regardant. Passant repassant, 
In her., same as counter-passant. 
II. n. 1. One who passes or passes through 
or over. [Rare.] 
A constant stream of | Huguenot) refugees passed through 
the town [Dover, England). . . . A nioiigd the pauaiiU ap- 
pears the name of "Severln Durfy," probably a relative of 
the celebrated wit and song-writer Tom D'trfey. 
AUunmum, No. 3247, Jan. 18, 1B80, p. t. 
2. An open hem furnishing a sort of tube, 
through which a cord or ribbon can be passed. 
passaree (pas-a-re'). n. [Origin not ascertain- 
ed.] \iint.. a tackle to spread the clues of a 
foresail when sailing large or before the wind. 
Admiral Smyth. 
passaree (pas-a-re'), ' [<. passaree, w.] To 
extend (the foot of the foresail of a square- 
rigged vessel) by hauling its clue out to an eye 
on the lower studdingsail-booni. 
With stun'salls both sides, pattaree the foresail, by 
means of a rope on each side, secured to the clew of the 
foresail , and rove through a bull's-eye on the lower boom. 
Luce, Seamanship, p. 435. 
passatat(pa-sa'tji),n. [It.: eeepassade.'] Same 
&s passiide, 1. 
Yon may with much sodalnenesse make a pattata with 
your left f note, rracrlte of the DveUo(\iM,\ K2. (Kara.) 
pass-bankt (pas'bangk), n. The bank or fund 
in the old game of passage. Hitlliicell. 
pass-book (pas'buk), n. 1. A book in which a 
merchant or trader makes an entry of goods 
sold on credit to a customer, for the informa- 
tion of the customer. 2. A bank-book. 
pass-box (pas'boks), n. A wooden box used to 
convey cartridges from the ammunition-chest 
or magazine to a gun, when they are too heavy 
to be carried in the gunner's haversack. 
pass-by (pas'bi), n. 1. The act of passing by. 
[Rare] 
Thus we see the face of truth, but as we do one another's, 
when we walk the streets, In a careless post-by. 
OlanmUe, Vanity of Dogmatizing, vil. 
2. In coal-mininy, a siding on which the tubs 
pass each other underground. [Eng.] 
pass-check (pas'chek), n. A ticket of admis- 
sion to a place of entertainment; specifically, 
a ticket given to a person leaving during au 
entertainment, entitling to readmission. 
passe t, . A variant of patch. 
passi (pa-sa'), [V.jjiasse, mtac.,pasee. fern. 
pp.otpattter, pass: see pass, r.] In embroidery, 
same as tamboiir-tcork. 
pass6, passee (pa-sa' ), a. [F., pp., m. and f. 
respectively, of jtatotrr: see pass, r.] Past; out 
of use ; faded ; specifically, as said of persons, 
past the heyday of life. 
She might have arrived at that age at which one In- 
tends to stop for the next ten years, but even a French- 
man would not have called her piut^e that is, for a 
widow. For a spinster, it would have been different. 
Butarr, My Novel, T. 8. 
passed (past, pas'ed), p. a. It. Past. 
< iive ear vnto me, A I will relate 
A true sad story of my patted fate. 
Time*' Whittle (E. E. T. g.\ p. 138. 
2. Having passed an examination for promo- 
tion, and awaiting a vacancy in the senior grade : 
as, a passed assistant surgeon in the United 
States navy; a passed assis- 
tant engineer. Passed mas- 
ter. See matterl. 
passee, a. See passe. 
passegarde (pas'gard), . 
[F., \passer, pass, + garde, 
guard.] In medieval armor, 
a ridge or projecting piece 
on the pauldrons or snoul- 
derpieces, to ward off the 
blow of the lance. They 
first appear in the time of 
Henry VI. Also pasgardf, 
pass-guard. 
passei(pas'el), n. An obsolete or dialectal form 
of parrel. 
As soon as that may pies yow to send me pattrls of code* 
and expences ge bere and pay for the said causez, I will 
trnely content yow hit of the same. Potion Letters, II. SSi 
Pawldron, with Paj 
garde a. 
