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The pit of a theater; the parquet. [France]

-- Night partridge (Zoöl.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] -- Painted partridge (Zoöl.), a francolin of South Africa (Francolinus pictus). -- Partridge berry. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant (Mitchella repens) of the order Rubiaceæ, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers…

istrict to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol. In France there is an army of patrols to secure her fiscal regulations. A. Hamilton.

suring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions. G. Francis.

A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.

One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an old district of France; -- called also Percheron-Norman.

A sort of hand cannon, or portable firearm, used in France in the 15th century.

One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order. F. A. Walker. -- Phys`i*o*crat"ic, a.

Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick. France and Russia have the pick of our stables. Ld. Lytton.

Wasting; consuming. "The pining malady of France." Shak.

A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of

e in which every part of space is supposed to be full of matter; -- opposed to vacuum. G. Francis.

ht back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively.

rees under this name are particularly celebrated. One of these, issued by Charles VII. of France, A. D. 1438, was the foundation of the liberties of the Gallican church; the other, issued by Charles VI. of Germany, A. D. 1724, settled his hereditary dominions on his eldest daughter, the Archduchess Maria Theresa.…

rol of its police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal regulation. [France] Brande & C.

Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment. Locke. England and France might, through their amity, Breed him some prejudice. Shak.

One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St. Norbert at Prémontré, in France, in 1119. The members of the order are called also White Canons, Norbertines, and Premonstrants.

not the foot of pride come against me. Ps. xxxvi. 11. That hardly we escaped the pride of France. Shak.

ecial enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise. He pleads the legal privilege of a Roman. Kettlewell. The privilege birthright was a double portion. Locke. A people inheriting privileges, franchises, and liberties. Burke.

A native or inhabitant of Provence in France.