pattern 
from dies used for the production >.( coins actually cur- 
rent. Sir jifaij. 
9. A deeoruiivi- design Intended to oe cam* 
out in :niv manufacture; hence, ;-ueIi a design 
irhen executed i I*, & Hitr\g )>(iltt'rn ; a heraldic 
ii : silk in- daniiisk (if ;i Ix-iint iful \iiilti,n. 
Many manufacture of ornamental gcKl i, have IllventOTS 
in their employment, who receive wages or salaries for de- 
siuniiin imttffiix, .-xactly an others do for copying im-iii . 
I v. TV imli\iilii:i! si. HI.- in the tower has a pa carved 
upon it, not soaxto hi-i-uk Its outline, but sullkicnt to re- 
lieve iiny idea of inoiiotiiny. 
J. FeryuaoH, HlBt. Indian Arch., p. 421. 
10. Ill tjtiH-mnkiiiii, tin- distribution of shot in 
a target* at which :i shot -gun is fired. In a circle 
called the "killing-circle" by sportsmen and gun-makers 
(which at a range of 40 yards Is from fll to .TO inches in di- 
ameter), the shot should bo evenly distributed, so that 
there can he no poaalhility of escape for (tame witlim l!i 
periphery of this circle. The more uniform the distribu- 
tion of the shot the better Is the pattern. The number of 
shot in ib.- putt. -ni varies widely, according to the size of 
the shot, which is selected In accordance with the kind 
of game sought. To secure the desired pattern it is some- 
times necessary to re-bore the barrel of a gun several 
times. -Dambrod, frill, hawthorn, onion, pome- 
granate, etc., pattern. See the qualifying words. 
Declared pattern, the number of pellets of a given sue, 
which, with a given weight of the shot and a given weight 
of a specified kind of powder, a shot-gun is stated by the 
maker to be able to deliver and distribute in a "killing- 
circle " of a stated diameter at a prescribed ranue, and with 
a good degree of uniformity in the distribution. Sec def. 
10 = Syn. 1. Mixlel, Ideal, etc. See example. 
pattern (pat'orn), P. t. [< pattern, .] 1. To 
make in imitation of some pattern or model ; 
C(.|l\ . 
Let any reasonable man judge whether that Kings 
Reigne be a fit time from whence to pattern* out the Con 
stitutiou of a Church Discipline. 
Milton, Reformation in Eng., I. 
2. To serve as a pattern, example, or prece- 
dent for. 
For men, by their example, pattern out 
Their imitations. 
B. Junmn, Cynthia's Revels, v. 3. 
Hi example will live in the memory of those who knew 
him as one to be patterned after. Sci. Amer., N. 8., LX. 49. 
3. To cover with a design or pattern. 4t. To 
match; parallel. 
The likeness of our mishaps makes mo presume to pat- 
tern myself unto him. Sir P- Sidney, Arcadia, h. 
My past life 
Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true, 
As I am now unhappy ; which is more 
Than history can pattern. Stab, W. 1., ill. 2. 37. 
pattern-book (pat'era-biik), M. 1. A book 
containing designs of industrial work, espe- 
cially of embroidery, lace, or the like, whether 
in manuscript or printed. 2. A kind of album 
or blank-book in which patterns, as of cloth, arc 
pasted. Compare pattern-card, 1. 
pattern-box (pat'ern-boks), n. In wearing: (a) 
A box at each side of a loom in which are 
placed a number of shuttles any of which may 
be thrown along the shed by an automatic de- 
vice, according to the pattern of the fabric. 
See pattern-chain and pat- 
tern-cylinder. Also called 
shuttle-box. (6) The box 
perforated to accord with 
the harness-cards of a Jac- 
quard loom. Also called 
l>ri.tm or a/Under. 
pattern-card (pat'em- 
kiird), . 1. (a) A piece 
of cardboard to which a 
sample or specimen of 
cloth, velvet, or the like 
is attached. Hence (fe) 
A number of such pieces 
of cardboard, forming 
a sort of book, or fold- 
ing alternately so as to 
open out in a long strip 
and exhibit, at one time, 
a number of patterns of 
stuff. 2. In weaving, one 
of the perforated pieces of 
cardboard used in the Jac- 
(|ii;ivd attachment to a 
loom. The cards are joined 
together in a flexible endless 
chain, and pass over the pnttern-lxix. each In turn con- 
trolling the harness-system. Whenever a hole in a card 
and one in the box coincide, the corresponding rod con- 
nected with a warp-thread enters the hole and its warp- 
thread is raised. See ioroni. 
pattern-chain (pat'ern-ehfa), . In teeming, 
a, device for automatically bringing the shut- 
tles to the picker, according to the sequence 
required by the pattern. In one form, in the shut- 
tle-boxes at flu- ends of the race, the links of the chain 
11133 
vary in height, so as to raise the rod connected iih the 
iliiittle-lxue* more or less, thus bringing one shuttle or 
another int.. |.>.itioii U> he struck by the picker. 
pattern-cylinder (pat'em-sil'in-der), w. 
ii-ritniig, a cylinder, or in some forms of loom a 
wheel, with projections so arranged on its pe- 
riphery that its movement shall control the h:ir- 
ness-systemand the pattern-boxes, and thus fix 
the pattern of the woven fabric. Also called 
pattern-drawer (pat'ern-dra'er), 11. One who 
designs or prepares patterns for any kind of. 
ornamental manufacture. 
pattern-maker (pat'ern-ma'ker), n. In MM*. 
i-injiii., a workman who makes the patterns used 
by moldersin foundry-work. These patterns are usu- 
ally made, In the first instance of pine or mahogany, the 
pattern-maker working from drawings. If the patterns 
IlttlllMII-IIItUUJI Wl MIIH !>" v* au B * -- - i j V 
are to he much used, they are frequently duplicated in 
metal, the pattern after casting being filed and scoured 
smooth, then warmed, and coated with wax. Metal pat- 
terns have the advantage of not warping like wood pat- 
terns. Patterns are also sometimes made of plaster of 
I'aris swept by templets while in a plastic state. This 
method has been successfully applied In architectural 
ironwork in the production of cornices and analogous 
forms. Pattern-making is a distinct trade, requiring great 
skill in wood-working, combining as It does the finest 
joinery-work with the art of wood-carving and the ability 
to read and interpret the most complicated meclianica 
pa'ttern-molder (pat'ern-mol'der), n. One who 
makes molds for iron castings. Simmondg. 
pattern-reader (pat'ern-re'd&r), n. One who 
arranges textile patterns. Simmond*. 
pattern-shop (pat'ern-shop), n. In a foundry, 
factory, etc., the room, building, or department 
in which patterns are prepared. 
pattern-Wheel (pat' ern-hwel),i. 1. In a clock- 
movement, the count-wheel, or locking-plate of 
the striking part. Its notches determine the 
number of blows to be struck in regular order. 
2. In wearing, same as pattern-cylinder. 
patter-song (pat'er-s&ng), n. In music, espe- 
cially in comic operas, a song whose principal 
characteristic is a multitude of words rapidly 
sung or spoken to a simple melody. 
I call the man a pedant who prefers a symphony to a 
patter long or a good breakdown. 
Nineteenth Century, XXIII. 20. 
pattinsonize (pat'in-son-iz), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
pattinsnni:ed, ppr. pattinsoniang. [So called 
from H. L. Pattinson, a metallurgist of Newcas- 
tle-on-Tyiie, England.] In metal., to treat by 
the Pattinson process. See process. 
pattle 1 (pat'l), v. and . [Freq. of pafl; now 
usually paddle : aeepaddlef.] S&me&s paddle*. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
pattle 2 (pat'l), . Same as paddle*. [bcotch.J 
Paulician 
1 In lint., slightly or loosely articulate; IV- 
jointed. 2. In .'""'-. h:mn- few joints: op- 
posed to nniltitii'lirithiti'. 
paucidentate (pa-si-den'tat) ,/ \< L. pMMK 
few, little, + ,l,;it<ilil*. toothed. < liens = f. 
tnntl,.] Slightly dentated; having few teeth, 
as a leaf. 
pauciflorous (pa-si-flo'rus), . [< L. paucus, few, 
little, + flox (flor-), flower.] In hot., few-ttow- 
p'aucifolious (pa-si-fo'li-us), a. [< L. P", 
few, little. + tot iii HI, leaf.] In bot., few-leafed. 
paucify (pii'si-fi), r. '.; pret. and pp. paurilird, 
ppr. paucifginy. [< L. wtucus, few, little, + fa- 
rm, make (see -/y).] To make few. 
We thought your exclusion of bishops out of the upper 
house . . . had been . . . to paucify the number of thoae 
vou conceived would countervote you. 
y liritM Mmom 1848 (Harl. Misc., VII. 028). (I>on.) 
pauciloquent (pa-sil' 6-kwent), a. [< L. paucus 
few, little, + hquen(t-)s, ppr. of fo</i, speak, 
talk.] Uttering few words; saying little. 
[Rare.] 
. 
pauciloquy(pa-sil'o-kwi) 
a speaking but little, < 
Thou need na start awa' sae hasty, 
WT bickering brattle ! 
I wad be laith to rln an' chase thee, 
Wl'murd'ringpottfc.' 
Burnt, To a Mouse. 
patty 1 (pat'i), n. ; pi. patties (-\z). [F. pate, a 
pie, a pasty: see panty*.] A little pie ; a pasty: 
as, a chicken patty; oyster patties. 
patty 2 (pat'i), a. Same a,spatte. 
patty-cake, pat-a-cake (pat'i-kak, pat'a-kak), 
n. [< pat 1 + 2 + o/iA-e 1 .] A children's game 
played by patting the hands together to a 
nursery rime. 
He played patty-cake steadily with Porley, looking at the 
others out of the corner of his eye. 
Harper'* Mag., LXXIX 119. 
Endless Belt of Pattern- 
cardsof lacquard Loom. i>, 
cards; 6. revolving cylinder 
or prism which carries and 
slults the cards. 
pattynt, An obsolete form of paten 1 . 
patty-pan (pat'i-pan), n. It. A small pan used 
for baking patties. 2. Any small pan in which 
to bake a cake. 3f. A patty. Lamb's Cookery, 
1710. [Rare.] 
Patulipalla (pat'u-li-pal'&), n. pi. [NL., < L. 
patuht.t, lying open, 4- palla, a mantle: see 
jHitiilHiix and /<//.] An order of Conchifera 
having an open mantle deficient in siphons: 
equivalent to the Oxtracea of Cuvier. Latri'ill/'. 
lias. 
patulous (pat'u-lus), a. [< L. patiilus, lying 
open, <i>atere~, lie open: see patenfl. Ct. petal.] 
1. Spreading. 
The i*ttiilinix teak, with Its great leathern leaves. 
P. Kotnntan, Under the Sun, p. 19. 
Specifically (a) In &<><., spreading slightly; expanded : 
as, a patulota calyx; bearing the flowers loose or dis- 
persed- as a patulnta peduncle. (6) In entom.. noting 
wings which when at rest are longitudinal, or nearly so. 
but near the body, and partly overlapping each other, as 
in certain moths. 
2. Gaping: patent; having a spreading aper- 
ture. 
pau (pa), . Same as pa* 2 . 
pauchty, n. See panghty. 
pauci-articulate (pa'si-ar-tik u-lat), a. L< " 
liaiicim, few, little, + articiilatun, articulate.] 
.^^ .., - paucus, few, little, + 
.speak. CLpauriloquent.] The utterance 
of*few words. [Rare.] 
paucinervate (pa-si-ner' vat), a. [< L. JMUCUK, 
few, little, + nerv us, nerve.] Having but few 
nerves, or slightly veined. Thomas, Med. Diet. 
pauciradiate (pa-si-ra'di-at), a. [< L. paucus, 
few, little, + radius, ray : see radiate.'} Having 
few rays, as a fish's fin. 
paucispiral (pa-si-upi'ral), a. [< L. paucus, few, 
little, + smra, a fold, coil : see spiral.'] Having 
few whorls or turns : as, the paucispiral opercu- 
lum of a gastropod ; a paucispiral shell. See 
cut under oiierculum. 
paucity (pa'si-ti), . [= F- paucite = It. pau- 
cita,< L. paucita(t-)s, a small number, fewness, 
scarcity,? paucus, few, little, = E. few: see few.} 
1. Smallness of number; fewness. 
That Qod Indgeth according to the pluralltie or pauciUe 
... of merits or demerits. Purehat, Pilgrimage, p. 140. 
There is no evidence that the Holy Office ... was fully 
organized before the reign of Isabella. This is perhaps 
imputable to the paucity of heretics In that kingdom. 
Prexott, Ferd. and Isa., L 7. 
2. Smallness of quantity ; scantiness. 
This defect, or rather paucity of blood ... Is unagree- 
able ... to many other animals : as may be observed in 
lizards, in frogs, and divers flshji.^ 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., I1L 21. 
It is the abundance, not paucity, of the materials . . . 
(tradition] supplies . . . that makes the difficulty. 
Darkam, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 125. 
paughie (pa'ge), n. Same zapurgu. 
naughty, pauchty (pach'ti), a. [Cf. V.pochen, 
7>o<7f-/,,boast,makeashow.] Proud; haughty; 
petulant; saucy; malapert. [Scotch.] 
Ask not that pauyhty Scottish lord, 
For him you ne'er shall see. 
The (Jay Uott-Uau-k (Child's Ballads, III. -JM>. 
pauk. n. See pawk 1 . 
paukie, pauky, . See pawky. 
paul 1 , n. Seejxitrf. 
paul- (pal), r. t. [Perhaps same as palP.] To 
puzzle. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
pauldron (pal'dron), . [Also nouldron, powl- 
dron, poldern, polnm, paleron; < ME. paleron, 
polrynge, polrond, < OF. cxpalteron, a shoulder- 
plate, espauleron, shoulder-bone (= Sp. esj>al- 
daron, a shoulder-plate), < espalle, F. epaule, the 
shoulder: see spaul, and cf. epau- 
let.'] The armor of the shoulder 
when it is a piece separate from 
that of the body and of the 
arm. Specifically, the elaborate defense 
introduced about 1400, consisting of 
splints, sliding one over the other, or of a 
single piece so formed and secured by piv- 
ots that, as the arm was raised, it moved 
toward the neck, falling again by its own 
weight as the arm was lowered. The 
pauldron of the right shoulder was usu- 
ally smaller than that of the left, to allow 
of freer movement of the sword-arm, and *, * 
especially for passing the lance under the 
armpit when couched. The pauldron of the close of the 
fifteenth century forms an inseparable part of the articu- 
lated and elaborated suit of plate-armor. See epaulet. 
Paulian (pa'li-an), ii. [< L. Paulianus, of or 
belonging to one named Paulus, < L. Paulus, 
Paulltts, a proper name (see def. ).] A member 
of a Unitarian body founded in the third century 
by Paul of Samosata in Syria. He denied that 
the Holy Spirit and the Logos were persons. 
Paulianist (pa'li-an-ist), . [< Paulian + -i*<.] 
Same as Paulian. 
Paulician (pa-lish'au), . [< ML. PaiiliHanus, < 
Paiilim ( see def. ).] " A member of a sect, proba- 
