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That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.

That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance. Shak.

In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.

The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance. [R.] B. Jonson.

Superabundance of weight; preponderance.

Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance.

Having the same direction or tendency; running side by side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used with to and with. When honor runs parallel with the laws of God and our country, it can not be too much cherished. Addison.

ner of his fortune." Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b) Either one of a couple who dance together. (c) One who shares as a member of a partnership in the management, or in the gains and losses, of a business. My other self, the partner of my life. Milton.

A pace; a step, as in a dance. Chaucer.

An old Italian or Spanish dance tune, in slow three-four measure, with divisions on a ground bass, resembling a chaconne.

A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance.

A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock. [Written also pavane, paven, pavian, and pavin.]

Pertaining to the art, or in accordance with the laws, of perspective. Perspective plane, the plane or surface on which the objects are delineated, or the picture drawn; the plane of projection; -- distinguished from the ground plane, which is that on which the objects are represented as standing. When this plane is ob…

aining to the Phæacians, a fabulous seafaring people fond of the feast, the lyre, and the dance, mentioned by Homer.

A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen. He . . . built a pharos, or lighthouse. Arbuthnot.

Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created existences); in accordance with the laws of nature; also, of or relating to natural or material things, or to the bodily structure, as opposed to things mental, moral, spiritual, or imaginary; material; natural; as, armies and navies are the physical force of a natio…

To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load. To pile arms or muskets (Mil.), to place three guns together so that they may stand upright, supporting each other; to stack arms.

Guidance, as by a pilot. Sir W. Scott.

flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music. We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced. Matt. xi. 17.

To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer.