patronizer 
Phyodexius, that vain-glorious patronizer of dissensions 
and erroneous doctrines. 
P. Skelton, Deism Revealed, viii. 
patronizing (pa'tron- or pat'ron-i-zing), p. a. 
Betokeiiin g the condescension of a patron ; con- 
descendingly or superciliously favorable : as, a 
patronising smile. Also spelled patronising. 
patronizingly (pa'tron- or pat ron-I-zing-li), 
(tile. With the condescension or air of a pa- 
tron; condescendingly. Also spelled patronis- 
fr 
patronless (pa'tron- or pat'ron-les), a. [< pa- 
tron + -fev.v.] Destitute of a patron. 
The Arts and Sciences must not be left patronless. 
Shaftesbury, Advice to an Author, ii. 1. 
patronomatology (pat-ro-nom-a-tol'o-ji), n. [< 
Gr. Tmri/f> (mir/j-), father, + ov<i/m(T-), name, 
+ -Aoyi'a, < '/.iyciv, speak : see -ology. Gt.oitoma- 
lology. ] The branch of study which is concerned 
with personal names and their origins. 
patronymic (pat-ro-nim'ik), a. and n. [= F. 
patroiiymii/iie = Sp. patronimico = Pg. It. pa- 
tronimlcH, < LL. patronymicus, < Gr. miTpuvofu- 
K6f, pertaining to one's father's name, < rmri/p 
(irarp-), father, + bvoua, omua, a name. Cf. ;e- 
ronytnie.'] I. a. Derived from or constituting 
the name of a father or ancestor. 
II. . A name derived from that of parents 
or ancestors: as, Tydides, the son of Tydeus; 
Pelides, the son of Peleus ; Fitzwilliam, the son 
of William; Williamson, the son of William; 
Pavlovitch, the son of Paul ; Maedonald, the son 
of Donald; in general use, a family name; a 
surname. The usual Anglo-Saxon patronymic 
ending was -ing (see -4ng3). 
We miss the austere republican simplicity which thought 
the ordinary citizen sufficiently commemorated afterdeath 
by the bare record of his name, patronymic, and deme on 
hia tombstone. C. T. Newton, Art and Archaeol., p. 204. 
patronymical (pat-ro-nim'i-kal), a. ^patro- 
nymic + -a/.] Same as patronymic. 
patroon (pa-tron'), n. [< D. patroon, a protec- 
tor, patron: see patron.'] One who received a 
grant of a certain tract of laud and manorial 
privileges, with the right to entail, under the 
old Dutch governments of New York and New 
Jersey. The privileges of the patroons were finally ex- 
tinguished about 1860, as a result of the efforts of the 
Antirent party. 
He that within four years would plant a colony of fifty 
souls became lord of the manor, or patroon. 
Bancroft, Hist, U. 8., II. 281. 
Patroons were originally members of the West India 
Company, and, on certain conditions as to colonizing, en- 
joyed semi-feudal rights over their purchased territory. 
The Nation, Jan. 8, 1886. 
patroonship (pa-tron'ship), j(. [< patroon + 
-ship.'] The privileges or position of a pa- 
troon. 
The good Oloffe indulged in magnificent dreams of for- 
eign conquest and great patroonshipft in the wilderness. 
Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 143. 
Pattalorhynchian, . 
chite. 
patte (pat), n. [F., a paw, foot, flap : see pa- 
trol.'} 1. In costume, a narrow band of stuff 
applied to a garment, whether for utility, as 
when it retains in place a belt or sash, or for 
mere decoration. Pattes are sometimes used 
to set off a rich application of any sort, as a 
jewel. 2. A small strap or band used in tail- 
oring and dressmaking for holding together 
two parts of a garment which just meet and do 
not overlap. The patte may have a button at 
each end, or a button and a buttonhole, etc. 
patt6, pattee (pa-ta'), a. [Also patee, patty; 
'. OF. patte, 
broad - pawed, 
broad - footed, 
in her. pattee, 
< patte, paw: 
see patte.} In 
her., spreading 
toward the ex- 
tremity; in the 
case of a cross, having each of its arms spread 
ing or dovetail-shaped. A\so forme, fnrmy. See 
also cut under 
Form of Patte 
Same as Passalorhyn- 
A cross patte is a cross small at the centre and widening 
towards the extremes. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. 8., extra ser.), i. 118. 
pattemar (pat'e-mar), n. See patamar. 
pattenH, An obsolete form of paten 1 . 
patten 2 (pat'en), n. [Formerly also pattin, pat- 
tine, paten ; early mod. E. patci/ii, < ME. paten, < 
OF. patin, a clog, footstall of a pillar (F. patin, 
aclog, a skate), < pate, F. patte, a paw, foot: see 
patlc, pawl.] 1. In. buihtiny : (a) The base of 
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a column or pillar. (l>) The sole for the foun- 
dation of a wall. (c\) The sill in a timber- 
framing. Also written 
patand, patin. 2. A 
shoe with a thick wooden 
sole; a clog. From the be- 
ginning of the eighteenth cen- 
tury, a peculiar device was 
used for the same purpose, 
formed of an iron ring with 
two or more uprights, sup- 
porting a wooden sole which 
was thus lifted several inches 
above the ground. This ringed 
patten has been used in England until a recent time, but 
has been little known in the United States. 
Se, so she goth on patens faire and fete. 
Court of Love, 1. 1087. 
She np with her pattens, and beat out their brains. 
Farmer's Old Wife (Child's Ballads, VIII. 2S8). 
You make no more haste now than a beggar upon pat- 
tens. B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. 
The Patten now supports each frugal Dame, 
Which from the blue ey'd Patty takes the name. 
Gay, Trivia, i. 281. 
Women went clicking along the pavement in pattens. 
Dickens, David Coppertield, Ix. 
3. A stilt. [Prov. Eng.] 
Artach are certeyne longe patentee of woodde of almost 
syxe handfuls in length, whiche they make faste to theyr 
note with latchettes, and therwith performe theyr iorneys 
with great celeritie. 
R. Eden, tr. of Sigismundus Liberus (First Books on 
[America, ed. Ai-ber, p. 325). 
To run on pattens*, to clatter : said of the tongue. 
Stil hir tounge on pattens ran, 
Though many blowes she caught. 
Taming of a Shrew (Child's Ballads, VIII. 185). 
patten 2 (pat'en), r. i. [< patten'*, n.~] To go on 
pattens. Dickens, Bleak House, xxvii. [Rare.] 
pattened (pat'end), a. [<.patten%, n., + -frf 2 .] 
Wearing pattens or clogs. 
Wherever they went, some pattened girl stopped to cour- 
tesy. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, xxiii. 
patter 1 (pat'er), ?-. [Freq. otpafl. Cf. puttie^, 
paddle^.] I. intrans. 1. To make a quick suc- 
cession of small sounds by striking against the 
ground or any object : as, the pattering of rain- 
drops on a roof. 
Then all at once the air was still, 
And showers of hailstones pattered round. 
Wordsworth, Poems of the Fancy, iii. 
Only thro' the faded leaf 
The chestnut pattering to the ground. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, xi. 
2. To move with quick steps, making a succes- 
sion of small sounds; hence, to make a succes- 
sion of small sounds resembling those of short 
quick steps or of falling rain or hailstones. 
Pattering over the boards, my Annie who left me at two, 
Patter she goes, my own little Annie, an Annie like you. 
Tennyson, The Grandmother. 
Only the pattering aspen 
Made a sound of growing rain. 
Lowell, Singing Leaves. 
II. trans. To cause to strike or beat in drops ; 
spatter. [Rare.] 
And patter the water about the boat 
J. K. Drake, Culprit Fay, st. 19. 
patter 1 (pat'er), . [< patter^, .] A quick 
succession of small sounds: as, the patter of 
rain or hail ; the patter of little feet. 
patter 2 (pat'er), v. [< late ME. patren, < *pater, 
< OF. pater, short for ML. paternoster, F. pate- 
n6tre, the Lord's Prayer ; in allusion to the low 
indistinct repetition of this prayer in churches : 
see paternoster. But prob. in part a particular 
use of patter 1 (of. patter-song).'] I. intrans. 1. 
To repeat the Lord's Prayer ; hence, generally, 
to pray. 
But when men are wealthy, & wel at their ease, while 
our tung pattereth vpon our praiers a pace : good God, how 
many mad waies our minde wandereth the while ! 
Sir T. More, Cumfort against Tribulation (1673), fol. 44. 
2. To talk ; especially, to talk glibly or rapidly, 
as a cheap John in disposing of his wares. 
[Slang.] 
Your characters . . . make too much use of the gob-box ; 
they potter too much ; . . . there is nothing in whole pages 
but mere chat and dialogue. 
Scott, Bride of Lammermoor, i. 
O, yes ! I gives 'em a good history of what I has to sell ; 
patters, as you call it ; a man that can't isn't fit for the 
streets. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, II. 15. 
The fishermen had gathered about a third, who sold 
cheap and tawdry ornaments, but who could patter. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 951. 
3. To repeat something again and again in a 
rapid or mumbling way; mumble; mutter. 
Ever he paired on theyr names faste, 
That he had them in ordre at the laste. 
Brno the Plowman lerned his Patertioster (Hazlitt's Early 
[Pop. Poetry, I. 215). 
pattern 
II. trans. To repeat rapidly or often, espe- 
cially in a hurried, mumbling way; repeal hur- 
riedly and monotonously; mumble; mutter: 
as, to pa ttcr prayers. 
Thousands, while the priest pattereth St. John's gospel 
in Latin over their heads, cross themselves with, I trow, a 
legion of crosses. 
Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 18r.ii), p. (II. 
Fitz-Enstace, you with Lady Clare 
May bid your beads, and patter prayer 
1 gallop to the host. Scott, Marmion, vi. 27. 
To patter flash, to talk slang ; speak the language of 
thieves. [Slang. ] 
patter 2 (pat'er), (. [< patter"*, i'.] 1. Talk, es- 
pecially glib or fluent talk; the oratory of a 
cheap John in disposing of his wares. 
Two, who dealt in china, as if to make np for their poor 
patter, threw cups and saucers recklessly into the air, 
breaking them with great clatter. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 951. 
2. Gossip; chatter. 
She rather looked forward to meeting some of them, to 
have a good patter with them, and see if she had that ex- 
traordinary comical patois for which she was once fa- 
mous the Romany of Australia. 
//. Kingsley, Hillyars and Burtons, Ixii. 
3. The dialect or patois of a class; slang; cant: 
as, gipsies' patter; thieves' patter. [Colloq. or 
slang.] 
patter* (pat'er), v. t. [Australian.] To eat. 
The aboriginal adding however the question " You pat- 
ter potehuni 't " " Yohi," said John, rather doubtful, for he 
is not sure how his stomach will agree with the strange 
meat. A. C. Grant, Hush Life in Queensland, I. 236. 
patterer (pat'er-er), w. One who patters ; spe- 
cifically, one. who endeavors to sell his wares 
by long harangues in the public thoroughfares. 
[Slang.] 
I have no doubt that there are always at least 20 stand- 
ing patterers sometimes they are called "boardmen" 
at work in London. 
Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, I. 235. 
Running patterer. a professional hawker of "last dying 
speeches," "confessions," "extras," "second editions" of 
newspapers, etc., who describes the contents of his papers 
as he goes rapidly along. [Thieves' slang, London. ] 
The running patterers . . . seldom or never stand still. 
Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, I. 236. 
pattern (pat'orn), n. [Early mod. E. paterne, 
patten; a later form of patron (of. apron, prpn. 
as if spelled apern): see patron.'] 1. An origi- 
nal or model proposed for imitation; an arche- 
type; an exemplar; that which is to be copied 
or imitated : as, the pattern of a machine. See 
patter n-malcer. 
I will be the pattern of all patience ; I will say nothing. 
Shot., Lear, iii. 2. 37. 
I think you are a truly worthy gentleman, 
A pattern and a pride to the age you live in. 
Beau, and Fl., Knight of Malta, iii. 4. 
I have not only been a Mold but a Pattern for you, and 
a Model for you. Conyreve, Way of the World, v. 4. 
I do not give you to posterity as a pattern to imitate, 
but as an example to deter. 
Junius, Letters, xiii., To the Duke of Grafton. 
Hence 2. A sufficient quantity to make a com- 
plete article from : as, a pattern of dress-ma- 
terial. 3f. Something resembling something 
else ; hence, a precedent. 
Well could I bear that England had this praise, 
So we could find some pattern of our shame. 
Shalt., K. John, iii. 4. 16. 
4t. Something made after a model ; a copy. 
Where most rebellions and rebels be, there is the ex- 
press similitude of hell, and the rebels themselves are the 
very figures of fiends and devils, and their captain the 
ungT&ciovts pattern ot Lucifer and Satan, the prince of dark- 
ness. Book of Homilies (1673). 
5. A part showing the figure or quality of the 
whole ; a specimen ; a sample. 
A gentleman sends to my shop for a pattern of stuff ; if 
he like it, he compares the pattern with the whole piece, 
and probably we bargain. Sirtft. 
6f. An instance; an example; emphatically, a 
model example. 
What God did command touching Canaan concerneth 
not us otherwise than as a fearful pattern of his just dis- 
pleasure against sinful nations. Hooker, Eccles. Polity. 
If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds, 
Behold this pattern of thy butcheries. 
Shak., Rich. III., i. 2. 54. 
7. A design or figure corresponding in outline 
to an object that is to be fabricated, and serv- 
ing as a guide for determining its exact shape 
and dimensions; in moldint/, the counterpart 
of a casting in wood or metal, from which the 
mold in the sand is made. 8. In unmix., a spe- 
cimen struck in metal by the mint as a model 
or sample for a proposed coin, but not ulti- 
mately adopted for the currency. Thus, the 
Gothic'crown of Queen Victoria, struck us :> model for a 
crown piece, but never adopted for currency, is a pattern. 
\proof, on the other hand, is an early impression struck 
