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They cmilil tdl you In the schools, pat off by heart, all 
that It [the universal was, and what It had been, and what 
It would be. W. K. Cli/irrd, Lectures, I. 2. 
pasture 
They will fall again 
I nto their paxturei, growing fresh and f:it. 
Hmu.aml l-'l., I'hllaster, 111. 
. Ground covered with grass appropriated for pat' 2 (pat), a. [< /<'-, ad,: ; appar. first in pre.l- 
lie grazing of cattle or other animals. icate, where it is prop, the adv.] 1. Apt; nt ; 
convenient; exactly suitable as to either time 
or place; ready; fluent. 
Zulngllus dreamed of a text which he found yery pat to 
his doctrine of the eucharist. Rp. Atterlntry. 
patamar 
3 
I lie gni/.iiij,' 
IHlt, certes. for notfht their ;ibkle Bhold he, 
Kiill well niyifhl In- Iftc hys horn to ;//-, ; 
For neuer his malster again sholil sc. 
Jtinn. <>/ 7'<irt.-n.i/< I-:. K. T. S.), 1. 
To-morrow to fresh woods and iMntiirei new. 
JRMm, I.ycldas, 1 
And Cousin Ruth ! You are very pat with my grand- 
daughter's name, young man ! 
tt. D. BUukmore, Lorna Doone, Ivii. 
4. In tin- fisheries, one of the compartments of 
:i ilrep-w;iter \vcir, which correspond* to wh1 2. Pert ; brisk: lively, llnlliu-i/1. ( I'mv. Kntr. | 
is termed the big pond in the shoal-water weir ; Pat band. See hand.' 
that part of the weir which the fish first enter, pat 3 (p at ). " [< Ir - Gael, pait, a hump, lump, 
being directed by the leader. See deep-water Ir. paitcoii, Gael, pattern/, a small lump of but- 
irrir, under tn-ir.- Common of pasture, in Kngland, ter.] A lump, as of butter, molded or pressed 
the right of feeding cattle, etc., on another's ground. into some regular shape, 
pasture (pas'tur), r.; pret. and pp. pastured, it looked like a tessellated work of jrt of butter, 
ppr. pasturing. [< OF. pasturer, F. pdturer = Dickens. 
It. pasturare, < ML. pasturare, feed, pasture, < it was raining, not In drops, but In torrents, with great 
L. pastura, pasture: see pasture.] 1. trans. To pats of water coming over, almostlike stones 
feed by grazing; supply or afford pasture or Harper-, Mag., LXXVII. ,70. 
nourishment to: as, the land will i>nst,irf lifty pat 4 (pat), n. A Scotch form otpot. 
oxen; the cattle were pastured on the hillside _ He gat hl uiekle pa( : upon tb^fyre. 
Palmt M t /rente. 
Of jllllllllilllH. 
Of or pertaining to'a patagium : 
expansion of the integument. 
The patayial muscle* of a woodpecker. 
+ -al.] 
or in the meadow. 
As who unhusks an almond to the white 
And pastures curiously the purer taste. 
Swinburne, At Eleusis. 
II. intrans. To graze; take food by eating 
growing herbage from the ground. 
For the Plssemyres wole sutfren Bestes to gon and ;xt- 
turen amonges hem ; but no man In no wyse. 
Mtindevaie, Travels, p. 302. 
The calm pleasures of the pasturing herd. 
Wordsworth, Excursion, ii. 
pasture-land (pas'tur-land), n. Land appro- 
priated to pasture. " Congreve. 
pastureless (pas'tur-les), o. [< pasture, + -less.] 
Destitute of pasture. 
pasturer (pasHur-er), n. A feeder or keeper of 
flocks and henfs. 
The people haue no vse of money, and are all men of 
warre, and patturen of cattel. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 827. 
pasty 1 (pas'ti), a. [(paste 1 + -y 1 .] Like paste; 
of the consistence of paste ; of the appearance 
or color of paste. 
But the Seville women have usually sallow, pasty, dead 
The Century, XXVII. 5. 
Science, X. n. 
patagiate (pa-ta'ji-at), a. [<patagium + -att-i. ] 
1. Formed into a pataginm, as a fold of skin ; 
patagial. 2. Having a patagium, as a flying- 
B(|nirrel. 
patagium (pat-a-ji'um), n. ; pi. patagia (-&). 
[NL., < L. paUigium, < Gr. 'irarainov. a golden 
stripe, border, or facing on a woman's gown ; 
said to be < varayeiv, clatter, clash, < JTOTOJOC, 
A Scotch preterit and past parti- any sharp, loud noise; but the connection is 
not obvious.] In .coo/.: (a) The extensible fold 
.__ ... [Abbr. of Patrick, Ir. Padraic, a of skin of a flying mammal or reptile; the expan- 
common Irish name, < ML. Patricius, a person's gion of the integument of the trunk and limbs or 
WvJ of Auchtermuchty (Child's Ballads, VIII. 120). 
pat (pat) 
name, < L. patricius, a patrician: seepatri<-i</n 
Cf . Paddy 1 .] A common name for an Irishman. 
Compare Biddy?. 
pat 7 (pat), tt. [Hind, pat.'] 1. In India, indigo- 
plants cut off within a foot of the ground and 
made into bundles for delivery at the factories. 
2. An East Indian name for jute-fiber. 
Importations of the substance [Jute] had been made at 
earlier times under the name of pat, an East Indian native 
term by which the fibre continued to be spoken of In Eng- 
land till the early years of the 19th century. 
Encyc. Brit., 
pataca (pa-ta'ka), . 
tacca, patacco, base 
coin, > F. pataque), 
also aug. Sp. pa- 
tacim (= E. pata- 
coon = It. patac- 
cone), a coin so call- 
ed.] A Portuguese 
XIII. 798. 
[Pg. and Sp. (= It. pa- 
complexions. 
pasty a (pas'ti), tt. ; pi. pasties (-tiz). [< ME. --., 
,*,3ye,pastay< OF. j,o4 (F. flM, > E. patty), silver com formerly 
a pasty, pie, < paste, paste : see paste 1 .] A pie """ k '"' -,PV 
covered with a paste or pie-crust : said to be 
properly a preparation of venison, veal, lamb, 
or other meat, highly seasoned, and inclosed in 
a crust or paste. 
Thys knight swolewed, in throte noght perlng 
More then doth a pastay In ouen truly ! 
Rom. of Parteiuiy (E. E. T. S.\ L 5946. 
With botelles of wyne trussed at their sadelles, and 
pa*tt/e of samonde, troutes, and eyls, wrapped in towels. 
Berners, tr. of Froissart's Chron., II. cxlli. 
Come, we have a hot venison pasty to dinner. 
Shale., M. W. of W., 1. 1. 20i 
Cornish pasty, a common dish among the miners of 
Cornwall, consisting of an envelop of paste containing 
principally potatoes, turnips, and onions, with a little fat 
pork or mutton. 
pat 1 (pat), v. t.; pret. and pp. patted, ppr. pat- 
tin;/. [< tSE.'patten (not found), prob., with loss 
of medial I, from early ME. flatten, pletten, < 
AS. pleettan, strike, slap, = MD. pletten, strike, 
bruise, crush, rub, = Sw. &\&\.pldtta, tap, var. 
pjatta, tap : see plat*. Cf. MHG. and G. dial. 
(B&v.)patzen, pat. Hence freq. patter 1 , pattk 1 , 
andpodd/e 1 . A similar loss of I appears mpatch 
torplatdi, and^atei f or plate.] To strike gently 
with the fingers or hand ; tap. 
Gay pats my shoulder, and you vanish quite. 
Pope, Epistle to Miss Blount. 
And why does she pat the shaggy bloodhound, 
As he rouses him up from his lair ? 
Scott, L. of L. M., ii. L'II. 
st rm-k for currency 
in Brazil ; a dollar, 
or piece of eight. 
Also patacoon. 
pat-a-cake, n. See 
patty-cake. 
patache (pa-tash'), 
n. [= G. D.patas, 
patasehe, < F. pa- 
tache = Sp. patache 
= Pg. patacho = It. 
patacckia, patazzio, 
patascia, patachio, 
patassa, a small 
vessel.] A tender 
or small vessel em- 
ployed to convey 
men or orders from 
one ship or place 
to another. 
This nanie was giuen 
especially In charge not 
to suffer any shippe to come out of the Hauen, nor to per- 
mit any sabraes, I'atarhe*, or other small vessels of the 
Spanish Fleete ... to enter thereinto. 
HaHuyft Voyaget, I. 600. 
patacoon (pat-a-k6n'), n. [< Sp. patacon, aug. 
of pataca, acorn so called: aeopataca.] Same 
as pataca. 
This makes Spain to purchase Peace of her [England) 
with his Italian Patacoons. HmoeU, Letters, Iv. 47. 
[NL.,< Patecus 
tail, or both of these, by which bats, flying-le- 
murs, flying-squirrels, flying-opossums, and fly- 
ing-lizards support themselves in the air. Except 
In the bats, the pataglum does not form a wing, and the 
progress of the animal through the air is not a trne flight, 
but only a greatly protracted leap. In bats the membranous 
expansion Is stretched chiefly between the enormously 
lengthened digits of the hand ; In the case of the other 
mammals named, the patagium to for the mont part a fold 
of the common Integument of the body, stretched from t he 
fore to the hind limb. The patagia of the pterodactyls 
or extinct flying reptiles were wings, constructed upon 
lengthened digits, much like those of bats. The case Is 
different with the flying-lizards of the present day, in 
which the patagium Is stretched upon extended ribs. See 
cut at dromon. Also called parachute. (6) The fold of 
integument which occupies the reentrant angle 
between the upper arm and the forearm of a 
bird, bringing the fore border of the wing to a 
smooth straightish free edge when the wing is 
closed. The tensor patagii is a muscle which 
puts this patagium upon the stretch, (c) In en- 
tom., one of a pair of chitinous scales affixed to 
the sides of the pronotum of lepidopterous in- 
sects, just behind the head, usually covered 
with long scales or hairs; a shoulder-tippet. 
Compare tegula Dermotensor patagii. fee der- 
moteiaor. Extensor patagii, the proper extensor mus- 
cle of the patagium in Dirds. 
Patagonian (pat-a-go'ni-an), a. and it. [< Pata- 
gonia (see def.) 4 '-an.'] 1. n. Of or pertaining 
to Patagonia, a region at the southern extrem- 
ity of South America, divided between Chili 
and the Argentine Republic. Patagonian cavy, 
penguin, sea-lion, etc. See the noons. 
II. n. One of a race of Indians dwelling in 
Patagonia. The race has been said to be the 
tallest in the world, but statements on this 
point differ. 
patah (pat'ft), . [Marathi.] The sword of the 
Mahratta cavalry, which has a gauntlet-guard 
with two transverse bars by way of grip. Com- 
pare kuttar. 
Patala (pa-ta'la), n. [Skt. pdtdla, a word of 
obscure derivation.] In Hind, myth., the sub- 
terranean or infernal region, in several subre- 
gions or stories, supposed to be inhabited by 
various classes of supernatural beings, espe- 
cially ndgas or serpents. 
[< Sp. patacon, aug. patamar (pat'a-mar), n. [Also pattemar; E. 
Pataca of John V., 1740, in British 
Museum. (Sue of the original. ! 
Ind.; = F. patemar.] A vessel employed in the 
coasting-trade of Bombay and Ceylon, it* keel 
To pat luba, to pat the knee or thigh as an accompanl- Patsecidse (pa-te'si-de), n. pi. 
ment of the juba-dance. Seejuba2._ __ -j- -idee.] A family of acanthopterygian fishes, 
pat 1 (pat), 
. 
[< put 1 , r.] 
blow or stroke with the hand or the fingers. 
1. A light quick 
tvpifted by the genus Pattecus. They have an ob- 
long body, naked skin, lateral line high up on the sides, 
2 Patter head short and with a square or projecting forehead, along 
dorsal fin, pectorals narrow and very low, and no ventrals. 
Thewrt of those footsteps which scarcely touched the The 8pecic8 are inhabitants of the Australasian seas. 
groun< Mrs. Oltphant, Poor Gentleman, xvi. taecoid ( pa . t e'koid), a. [< NL. PatXCUS + 
pat 2 (pat), adv. [An elliptical use, with adver- Gr f 2 (iofi f or m.] Of or relating to Patents or 
bial effect, of pat 1 , v. Cf. bang 1 , slap, in like ad- tne /. 
verbialuse.] Fitly; conveniently; just in the p a tge c i 
Pataecus (pa-te'kus), n. [NL. (Richardson), < 
Gr. ndradtoc, in pi. IIdra/iM, Phenician deities of 
strange dwarfish shape, whose images formed 
the figureheads of Phenician ships.] A genus 
of Australian fishes, typical of the family Patn- 
- ~ r cidte, and remarkable for their strange form, 
Sve?STh^Blk h .wly:riook overTaThl^Uu'^ "" resulting from the protrusion of the forehead. 
Dampier, Voyages, I. 372. See cut m next column. 
nick; exactly; readily; fluently. 
You shall see, it will fall pot as I told yon. 
Shot., M. N. D., v. 1. 189. 
This falls out pat. Beau, and Fl., Coxcomb, Hi. 2. 
Hitting so pat on this subject, his curiosity led him to 
Paumar. Bomb.,. (From model In South K. 
