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Germ, bar-dike, a little axe, and the low Lat. larducium, 
whence the French word. Todd .] —A kind of pike or hal¬ 
berd.—He held a parti fan in his hand, and had a great 
balket-hilt fword by his fide. Herbert's Mem. oj Cha. I. 
Let us find / out the prettied plot we can, 
And make him, with our pikes and partifans, 
A grave. Shakefpeure's Hamlet. 
PAR'TISAN, f. [from parti, Fr.] An adherent to a 
faction.—Some of thefe partifans concluded, the govern¬ 
ment had hired men to be bound and pinioned. Addifon. 
—I would be glad any partifan would help me to a 
tolerable reafon, that, becauie Clodius and Curio agree 
with me in a few Angular notions, I mull blindly follow 
them in all. Swift. — In the art of war, a perfon dexterous 
in commanding afmall body of infantry, light horfe, &c. 
who, knowing thecountry well, is employed in getting in¬ 
telligence ; or in making incurfions upon an enemy, dis¬ 
turbing foragers, and intercepting his convoys. During the 
American war, Capt. Rogers was extremely alert in this 
kind of warfare; nor was fir Robert Wilfon lefs aftiveor 
ufeful in theSpanifli war.—The chief qualities required in 
a partifan of this defeription, are aftivity, quicknefs at 
expedient, and uncommon vigilance. James. 
PARTI'TION, J'. [Fr. partitio, Lat.] The aft of di¬ 
viding ; a ftate of being div ided : 
\ We grew together, 
Like to a double cherry, feeming parted, 
But yet an union in partition. Shakefpeare. 
Divifion ; feparation ; diftinftion.—We have, in this re- 
fpeft, our churches divided by certain partition, although 
not fo many in number as theirs. Hooker. 
We (hall be winnowed with fo rough a wind, 
That ev’n our corn (hall feem as light as chaff, 
And good from bad find no partition, Shakefpeare. 
Part divided from the reft ; Separate part: 
Lodg’d in afmall partition; and the reft 
Ordain'd for ufes to his Lord beft known. Milton. 
That by which different parts are Separated.—Make parti¬ 
tions of wood in a hogfhead, with holes in them, and 
mark the difference of their found from that of an hogf¬ 
head without fuch partitions. Bacon. 
Partition firm and fure, 
The waters underneath from thofe above 
Dividing. Milton's P. L. 
Part where feparation is made : 
The mound was newly made, no fight could pafs 
Betwixtthe nic e partitions of the grafs, 
The well-united Sods fo clofely lay. Drydcn. 
Partition, in rhetoric, otherwife called enume¬ 
ration, is that part in which the orator acquaints his 
hearers with the Several parts of hisdifeourfe upon which 
he defigns to treat. Some alfo comprehend under this 
head feparation, in which the orator fhows in what he 
agrees with his adverfary, and wherein he differs from 
him. The requisites of a good partition are the follow¬ 
ing : it muft be fhort, fo that each propofition contains 
in it nothing more than what is neceffary ; it ought to be 
complete, no neceffary part being omitted in the enume¬ 
ration ; and it fhould confift of as few members as is con- 
fiftent with the nature of the fubjeft. The ancient rhe¬ 
toricians preferibe three or four at the moft ; and Cicero 
never exceeds that number. It may be afterwards con¬ 
venient to divide thefe general heads of a difeourfe, or at 
leaft Some of them, into feveral parts or members : and 
this is beft done as the Speaker comes to each of them, in 
the order at firft laid down. Inftances of this kind occur 
in Cicero’s oration for the Manilian law. 
To PARTI'TION, v. a. To divide into diftinft parts. 
—Thefe Sides are uniform without, though Severally par¬ 
titioned within. Bacon. 
Vou XVIII. No. 1272. 
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PAR'TITIVE, adj. [from partitio, Lat.] Diftributive. 
—Sometime of a noun partitive, or diftributive. Lilly. 
PAR'TITIVELY, adv. In a partitive way.—Nouns of 
the comparative and the Superlative degree, being but 
partitively, that is to fay, having after them this Etiglifh 
of or among, require a genitive cafe. Lilly. 
PAR'TITOR, /.’ A divider. Cole. 
PAR'TLET, /i A ruff or band worn by women ; “a 
kind of kercher for the neck, fo called becaufe the neck 
is the parting of the head and body.” Butler’s Englifh 
Gramm. 1633. It is ftill a northern word.—In that day 
Shall the Lord take away the gorgeoufnefs of theirapparel, 
and fpangs, chains, partlettes, and collets. Knight's Tr. of 
Truth, 1580.—He commanded thb women, which fol¬ 
lowed his army, to caft their kerchiefs and partlets on the 
ground, wherein their enemies being entangled by their 
Spurs (for though horfemen they were forced to alight, 
and fight on foot, through the roughnefs of the place), 
were flain before they could unloofe their feet. Fuller's 
Holy State. —A hen.—Dame partlet was the Sovereign of 
his heart. Dry den's Cock and Fox. 
Thou dotard, thou art woman tir’d ; unroofted 
By thy .dame partlet here. Shakefpeare's Wint. Tale. 
PAR'TLY, adv. [from part. ] In Some meafure ; in 
fome degree ; in part.—That part, which, Since the 
coming of Chrift, partly hath embraced, and partly (hall 
hereafter embrace, the Chriftian religion, we term, as 
by a more proper name, the Church of Chrift. Hooker. — 
The inhabitants of Naples have been always very noto¬ 
rious for leading a life of lazinefs and pie.a fure, which I 
take to arife out of the wonderful plenty of their country, 
that does not make labour fo neceffary to them, and 
partly out of the temper of their climate, that relaxes 
the fibres of their bodies, and difpofes the people to fuch 
an idle indolent humour. Addifon on Italy. 
PAR'TNER,/. [from part.] Partaker ; Snarer ; one wdio 
has part in any thing ; affociate.—Thofe of the race of 
Sem were no partners in the unbelieving work of the 
tower. Raleigh's Hifl. World. —The foul continues in 
her aftion till her partner is again qualified to bear her 
company. Addifon. 
My noble partner; 
You greet with prefent grace. Shakefpeare's Macbeth. 
To undergo the pain ; or to accufe 
My other Self, the partner of my life. Milton's P. L. 
One who dances with another: 
Lead in your ladies every one; fweet partner, 
I muft not yet forfake you. Shakefpeare's Hen. VIII. 
To PAR'TNER, v. a. To join ; to affociate wuth a 
partner: 
A lady who 
So fair, and faften’d to an empery, 
Would make the great’ll king double, to be partner'd 
With tomboys, hired with Self-exhibition, 
Which your own coffers yield. Shakefpeare. 
PAR'TNERSHIP, J'. Jointintereftor property: 
He does poffefiion keep, 
And is too wife to hazard partner/hip. Dry den. 
The union of two or more in the fame trade.—’Tis a ne¬ 
ceffary rule in alliances, partnerjhips, and all manner of 
civil dealings, to have a ltrift regard to the difpofition of 
thofe we have to do withal. L' Eft range. 
Partnerships may be confidered under four diftinft 
heads. 
I. Occafional joint trade; as where two or more mer¬ 
chants agree to employ a certain fum in trade, and di¬ 
vide the gain or lofs fo foon as the adventure is brought 
to an iffue. This kind of contraft being generally pri¬ 
vate, the parties concerned are not liable for each other. 
If one of them purchafe goods on truft, the furnifher, 
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