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a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doin errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy emploed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. He had two pages of honor -- on either hand one. Bacon.

An idol. [R.] Brande & C.

Chaucer. Speechless he stood and pale. Milton. They are not of complexion red or pale. T. Randolph.

ce of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel. Brande & C.

To impose by frand, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually with off. For you may palm upon us new for old. Dryden.

model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like. Brande & C.

An instrument combining a compass, sundial, and universal time dial. Brande & C.

To put on paper; to make a memorandum of. [Obs.]

in conformity with, the practice of Paracelsus, a Swiss physician of the 15th century. Ferrand.

ich the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem. Brande & C.

of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen. In state returned the grand parade. Swift.

parent displacement in position undergone by an object when viewed by either eye singly. Brande & C. -- Parallax of the cross wires (of an optical instrument), their apparent displacement when the eye changes its position, caused by their not being exactly in the focus of the object glass. -- Stellar parallax, the an…

f a signature. In the Middle Ages, this formed a sort of rude safeguard against forgery. Brande & C.

r another, without indicating their connection or interdependence; -- opposed to syntax. Brande & C.

n of numbers (Math.), the resolution of integers into parts subject to given conditions. Brande & C.

thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. Paunch mat (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.

ts or specifications, requiring that a material of construction, as cement, must be of a brand that has stood the test of a specified number of years' use in an important public work. [Cant, U. S.]

o take one down peg." To screw papal authority to the highest peg. Barrow. And took your grandess down a peg. Hudibras. Peg ladder, a ladder with but one standard, into which cross pieces are inserted. -- Peg tankard, an ancient tankard marked with pegs, so as divide the liquor into equal portions. "Drink down to your…

s, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope.

One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland. Grand pensionary, the title of the prime minister, or or president of the Council, of Holland when a republic.