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A pass or thrust. Shak.

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body. What! are my doors opposed against my…

A passenger; a bird or boat of passage. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.

A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.

Passing from one to another; in circulation; current. [Obs.] Many opinions are passant. Sir T. Browne.

That by which one can pass anywhere; a safe-conduct. [Obs.] Dryden.

Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passée belle. Ld. Lytton.

A ridge or projecting edge on a shoulder piece to turn the blow of a lance or other weapon from the joint of the armor.

Lace, gimp, braid etc., sewed on a garment. Sir W. Scott.

Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.

A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer. Shak.

A unit of measurement of the passenger transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the miles traversed by all the passengers on the road in the period in question.

Passenger miles collectively; the total number of miles traveled by passengers on a railroad during a given period.

One who passes; a passenger.

One who goes by; a passer.

An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds.

Like or belonging to the Passeres.

Of or pertaining to the Passeres. The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees. Sydney Smith.

The quality or state of being passible; aptness to feel or suffer; sensibility. Hakewill.

ering, or of impressions from external agents. Apolinarius, which held even deity itself passible. Hooker.