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Eased; mitigated; alleviated. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.

Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease. Bacon.

th America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia. Pampas cat (Zoöl.), a South American wild cat (Felis pajeros). It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or brown. It is about three and a half feet long. Called also straw cat. -- Pampas deer (Zoöl.),…

wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 -- 1671), a Moravian educator. [R.] Hartlib.

Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a center. Paracentric curve (Math.), a curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or center, by equal distances in equal times; -- called…

the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock. [Written also pavane, paven, pavian, and pavin.]

A glucoside found in species of the genus Pavia of the Horse- chestnut family.

cipally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc.

of entering or piercing; penetrating power of quality; as, the penetrancy of subtile effluvia.

value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).

American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, or Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).

The punctuation point [.] that marks the end of a complete sentence, or of an abbreviated word.

he subfamily Sylviinæ, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis).

A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial.

To deal in trifles; to concern one's self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important. Ascham.

Trifling; trivial; frivolous; paltry; -- applied to persons and things. The ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes. Milton.

w; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing. Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up With her prepared nails. Shak. With speed we plow the watery way. Pope.

Abounding in rain; rainy; pluvial. Sir T. Browne.

e, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out. Pope. He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech. Dickens.

A prayer book or breviary; a portass. [Obs.] Portal bracing (Bridge Building), a combination of struts and ties which lie in the plane of the inclined braces at a portal, serving to transfer wind pressure from the upper parts of the trusses to an abutment or pier of the bridge.