paste 
puiil to Allen Ix'wls, n goldsmith's wife of Ixmrton, for 
myilcim i". lijl- A. "; >M- 
,./, , i hiiirh i>f our Fathers, III. II. 174. 
M'lcli'tt I "'!' m:iyih'li i". lijl. A. I). 
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3. Passement or gimp, 
pasteboard (ptafcTOrd), n. and . [< part* 1 
/wnrrf.] I. a. 1. A kind of thick paper formed 
of several single sheets pasted ono upon an- 
other, or by nmceraiiii!? paper and casting it 
in molds, e'tc. 2. Playing-cards. [Slang.] 
Did you pluy with him? He ' fond of patletaard and 
IIOUCB. Thackeray, Virginians, xxvi. 
3. A visiting-card. [Slang.] 
In the plato for the cards which she has established In 
the drawing-room, you know, Lady Row's patfetmant al- 
ways will conn- up to the top, though I poke It down when- 
ever I go into the room. Thackeray, Newcomes, xxiv. 
4. A board on which dough is rolled out for 
paHtry. tiimiiionth. [Properly paste-board.'} 
II. a. Made of pasteboard: as, & pasteboard 
box; hence, flimsy; unsubstantial. 
A port-tori House built of Court-Cards. 
Milton, Reformation In Eng., II. 
King looking at It more broadly, found this patteboard 
city liy the sen one of the most interesting developments 
of American life. C. D. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. 189. 
paste-down (past'doun), n. One of the outer 
blank leaves of a book that are pasted down 
on the cover. 
paste-eel (past 'el), n. A minute nematoid 
worm, Anguillula glutinosa, of the family Anguil- 
Inlitlte, related to 'the common vinegar-eel, and 
found in sour paste. 
pastel (pas'tel), n. [< P. pastel = Sp. Pg- pas- 
tel a colored crayon, pastel, also the plant 
woad, = It. pastello, a pastel, < L. pastillus, a 
little loaf or roll, a lozenge, dim. of panix, a 
loaf, bread: see JMfcA Of, pastille.] I. The 
plant woad, Isatis tinetoria; also, the blue dye 
obtained from it. 
The pastel vat Is set with a variety of woad. 
O'Nettl, Dyeing and Calico Printing, p. 282. 
8 In art: (a) A colored crayon made of pig- 
ments ground with chalk, and compounded 
with gum-water into a sort of paste, (ft) A 
drawing made with colored chalks or crayons ; 
also, the art of drawing with colored crayons. 
The principle of pattrl is that the colours, when on 
the paper, are in a state of dry powder, most of which is 
slightly adherent The plain truth is that it is simp y 
dry painting. Uamtrtan, Graphic Arts, xviii. 
nastelert, " See pastier. 
pastelist pastellist (pas'tel-ist), n. [< pastel 
+ -ittt ] An artist who uses pastels or colored 
crayons. The Academy, Nov. 3, 1888, p. 294. 
paste-maker (past'ma"ker), n. A machine for 
mixing the ingredients of paste. It consists of a 
vertical geared shaft with stirring-dashers revolving In a 
vat The lower end of the shaft Is tubular, and is coupled 
to a steam-pipe by means of a screw-threaded _ step-block. 
The content* of the vat are warmed by admission of steam 
to the tubular shaft. . 
paste-point (past'point), n. In printing, one of 
the short and sharp spur-points pasted on the 
tympan of a hand-press, to perforate the white 
sheet as it is printed on the first side, and t 
aid the pressman in getting exact register when 
printing on the back or in two colors, 
paste-pot (past 'pot), n. A pot or vessel for 
holding paste. 
paster (pas'ter), n. 1. One who pastes. 2. 
A narrow slip of paper bearing the printed name 
of a candidate (or the names of several can- 
didates), and gummed on the back, so that i 
may readily be affixed to an election-ticket to 
cover and replace the name of a candidate not 
acceptable to the voter. [U. S.] 
pasterert (pas'tcr-er), n. [A var. of pastelcr.] 
A pastry-cook. 
Alexander . . . refused those cooks and port/rent that 
Ada, queen of Caria, sent him. Ore**, Karewell to Folly, 
pastern (pas'tern), n. [Early mod. E. paxtron ; 
< OF pasturon, V. pdtiiron, pastern, < paxt>ir>. 
a shackle for a horse at pasture, < pasture, feed- 
ing, pasture : see pasture. Cf . pester.] 1 . i he 
part of a horse's foot which corresponds to th 
extent of the pastern-bones, more particularly 
of the great pastern-bone, which occupies most 
of the extent between the fetlock-joint and tho 
coronet of the hoof. This corresponds anatomically 
to the first phalanx of the middle finger or toe of a man 
hand or foot. See pattern-bone, and cats under hoof, fetter- 
bone, Periixodacttjta, and solitiungvlatt. 
I will not change my horse with any that treads but on 
four patterns. Ca, ha I he bounds from the earth as if h 
entrails were hairs. Shak., Hen. V., ill. 7. IS. 
So straight she walked, and on her pattertu high. 
Dryden, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 52. 
In mosses mixt with violet 
Her cream-white mule his pastern set 
TtnnywH, Launcclot and Guinevere. 
4321 
2. A shackle placed on a horse's pastern while 
pasturing; a holible or hobbles; a clog; a 
tether. 
She had better have worn pattern*. 
Fletcher, The Chances, 1. R. 
pastern-bone (pas'tcrn-bon), . Either one of 
the two proximal phalanges of a horse's foot, 
the first phalanx being the great pastern, articu- 
lated above with the cannon-bone at the pas- 
1 1 TII -joint, and the second phalanx t lie siiinll \>n *- 
tn-ii, 'articidated below with the third phalanx, 
or coffin-bone, inclosed in the hoof. These bones, 
great and small, correspond respectively to the first and 
second phalanges of the middle finger or toe of a man s 
hand or foot. See cuts under hoof, tolidvngulate, and Fait- 
todactyla. 
pastern-joint (pas'tern-joint), H. The joint or 
articulation of a horse's foot between the great 
pastern-bone and the cannon-bone. Anatomi- 
cally It la the metacarpo- or metatarso-phalangeal articu- 
lation, and corresponds to the Joint or knuckle at the base 
of the middle finger or toe of a man's hand or foot a 
cut under hoof. 
paste-rock (past'rok), n. See Tarranon shale, 
under shale. 
pastetht, n. [ME. var. of *pastir, pasty: see 
pattjfl.'} Same as pUKtif-. 
Pasteurian (pas-ter'i-an), a. [< Pasteur (see 
Pasteurism) + -ian.} Of or pertaining to Pas- 
teur and his methods; discovered by Pasteur. 
Lancet, No. 3468, p. 360. See Pasteurism. 
Pasteuring (pas-ter'ing), w. [< Pasteur (see Pas- 
trurixm) + -ing 1 .] The process of agingwines 
artificially according to Pasteur's method. 
Pasteurism (pas-ter'izm), w. [< Pasteur (see 
def . ) + -ism.] 1 . The protective or prophylactic 
inoculation of the attenuated virus of certain 
diseases, especially of hydrophobia, as devised 
by the French scientist Louis Pasteur (born 
1822). Pasteur's method in hydrophobia consists, essen- 
tially in progressive Inoculation with less and less at- 
tenuated Tims until the use of that of a high degree of 
Intensity Is attained. The virus, in Its different HfMJJ 
of virulency, Is obtained from the spinal cord of rabid 
rabbits which have acquired the maximum intensity of 
the disease after a repeated transference of the virus from 
one animal to another. Sections of the cord free from 
foreign germs are allowed to remain, for different periods 
of time, In ft sterilized and dry atmosphere, whereby the 
virulency of the virus becomes progressively diminished, 
until it Is finally completely lost 
2. Same as Pasteurization. 
Pasteurization (pas-ter-i-za'shon), n. [< Pas- 
teur (see def. of Pasteurism) + -W + -atton.] I he 
preserving of wines or other fermented liquids 
from deterioration, by destroying the fungi and 
their spores that would be productive of fur- 
ther and deleterious changes. This is effected 
by heating the liquid to at least 140 F. Also 
spelled Pasteurisation. 
Pasteurize (pas-ter'iz), v. ; pret. and pp. / as- 
tcurized, ppr. Pasteurizing. [< Pasteur (see def. 
of Pasteurism) + -ise.] 1. intrans. To perform 
Pasteurization; sterilize fermented liquors, as 
beer or wine, by heat. 
II trans. 1. To subject to the process of 
Pasteurism. 2. To subject to the process of 
Past e uri zat ion. 
Also spelled Pasteurise. 
Pasteur's septicemia. See septicemia. 
paste-wash (past'wosb), . In bookbinding, 
paste much diluted with water, 
pasticcio (pas-tich'io), n. [= F.MMMM, < It. 
pasticcio, an imitation, a medley, (pasta, paste: 
see paste.] 1 . A medley ; a hotchpotch ; a far- 
rago; specifically, in music, an opera, cantata, 
or similar work made up of detached numbers 
from various works, even by different authors, 
but arranged as if intended to form a contin- 
uous dramatic work, a special libretto being 
usually written for the music ; a medley, olio, 
ballad-opera, etc. 
An Italian opera entitled Lncio Paplrio Dittatore was 
represented four several times. Whether this was a pat- 
I or by whom the m ' ~"""' '"" " lrf "" 
pastine 
pastil, pastille (pas'tii. pas-tel'), n. [< P. 
jMuMfe < I'. ii.ttili>m, a small loaf or roll: see 
MMfel] 1. A small roll of aromatic paste, 
composed of tfiiin-liciizoiii. sandalwood, spices, 
charcoal powder. , !.-.. ,1, -i^ned to be burned 
as a I'mnipitor, disinfectant, etc. 
A Turkish officer . . . was seen couched on a divan, and 
making l li' v t" puff at a narghile, in which, however, 
for lh saki- of the ladies, only a fragrant auWfa waa al- 
lowed to smoke. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, 1L 
2. A kind of sugared confection, usually of 
strong flavor, of a round flat shape, like pep- 
permint-drops. 
Bows of glass Jars, containing poitiUet and jujubes of 
every colour, shape, and flavour. In the world. ^ ^^ 
3. In art: (a) A thin round cake of water- 
color, of French origin, in consistency between 
the old hard cake and the tube-color. (6) The 
method of painting with colors prepared as pas- 
tils, or a drawing produced by means of them. 
4. In pyrotechny, a paper case filled with a 
burning composition, intended to cause the ro- 
tation of a wheel or similar object to the pe- 
riphery of which it is attached, on the principle 
of the pin-wheel or catharine-wheel. 
pastil, pastille (pas'tii, pas-tel'), >..; pret. and 
pp. pastiled or pastilled, ppr. pantiling or pastil- 
ling. [< pastil, pastille, n.] To burn pastils; 
fumigate. Quarterly Sen. 
pastillage (pas'til-aj), n. [< F. pastillayr, imi- 
tation in sugar-work, etc., < pastille, a pastil 
see pastil.] In ceram., ornamentation by means 
of a surface-application of scrolls, flowers, and 
the like, modeled separately in clay. 
pastille, ii. and r. See pastil. 
pastil-paper (pas'til-pa'per), it. Paper coated 
with an odoriferous composition for burning, 
used in the same way as pastils. 
pastime (pas'tim), n. [< pass, v., + obj. time, 
in imitation of F. passetemps, a pastime : see 
pastance. ] Sport ; amusement ; diversion ; that 
which amuses and serves to make time pass 
agreeably. 
Ill ... make a pattime of each weary step, 
Till the last step have brought me to my love. 
Shot., T. O. of V., II. 7. SB. 
They all three would a walking go, 
The pattime for to sec. 
Robin Hoodt Delight. (Child's Ballads, V. 212% 
Brave paitime, readers, to consume that day 
Which without pattime, flies too swift away! 
Quarto, Emblems, I. 10. 
The (leneral caused his dancing Women to enter the 
Room, and divert the company with that paitime. 
Dumpier, Voyages, I. 842. 
=Bm Paitime, Amtaement, Recreation, Dirertim, En- 
trrtainment, play. The italicized wonls keep near to the r 
leaning by derivation. The central Idea of a pattime. Is 
.. ^ * *__,_ Kl,i K.. tt lat tlnio alln hv 
He shall see what frippery a woman Is made up with, 
what a pasticcio of gau.es, pins, and ribbons go to com- 
pound that multifarious thing, a well-dressed woman 
Cumberland, Natural Son, i. 1. 
2. In painting, a picture painted in direct imita- 
tion of the style and manner of some other than 
the artist; also, such an imitation of style. 
His style Is upatticcio of the steel-grey and aombr* green 
colouring of it Pointelin. The. Academy, No. 8M, p. 436. 
3. In decorative art, a copy of any design modi- 
fied by the material or the purpose of the copy. 
The surface of this (dish) Is covered with a patticdo, at 
partial copy, 
TUI'illllHK oy III I iviii/iviu. iiu wn ...~ .- 
that It is BO positively agreeable that it lets time slip by 
unnoticed : as, to turn work Into pattime. Amvtement 
has the double meaning of being kept from ennui and o 
finding occasion of mirth (see amtae). Recreation Is that 
sort of play or agreeable occupation which refreshes the 
tired person, making him as good as new. Dircrnon \a 
stronger word than recreation, representing that which 
turns one aside from ordinary serious work or thought, 
and amuses him greatly. Entertainment has come to have 
great breadth, ranging from amtitement in Its narrower 
sense to diterrion and to the idea of a set exercise, as a 
concert, or to the articles of food furnished to guests : gen- 
erally, however, entertainment stands for that which la 
social and refined. 
pastimet (pas'tim), v.i. [< pastime, n.] To pass 
the time agreeably; sport; use diversion. 
[Rare.] 
They hawk, they hunt, they card, they dice, they pattime 
In their prelacies with gallant gentlemen. 
Latimer, Sermon of the Plough. 
Pastinaca (pas-ti-na'kii), n. [NL. (Tonrnefort, 
1700), < L. pastinaca, a parsnip or carrot, < pas- 
tinare, dig or trench the ground: see pastine. 
Hence ult. parsnip, q. v.] A former genus of 
umbelliferous plants, including the parsnip, of 
the tribe Peucedanese, now classed as a section 
of the genus Peueedanum, distinguished by the 
absence of calyx-teeth, involucres, and involu- 
cels. See Peueedanum &nA parsnip. 
pastinatet, a. [ME. pastynate ; <L. pastinatus, 
pp. of pastinare, dig or prepare the ground: 
see pastine.] Dug over ; prepared, as ground, 
for planting. 
Nowe melon seede twofoote atwene Is Isette 
In places well ywrought or pattynate. 
Palladia*, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.\ p. 110. 
pastiche (pas-tesh'),. [F.] Sameasjxwttc- 
cio. 
pastinatedt.rt. [ME./>asttaterf; <pastinate + 
^ftf- } Same as nastinate. Palladius, Husbon- 
drie (E. E. T. 8.), p. 65. 
pastinet, r. t. [ME. pastinen ; < L. pastinare, 
dig and trench the ground (for the planting 
of vines), < pastinum, a two-pronged dibble t< 
digging, loosening, and preparing the ground 
