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ostly kings would parcel out my power. Dryden. The broad woodland parceled into farms. Tennyson.

ase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance. A hate of gossip parlance and of sway. Tennyson.

not contain a secret relation of the parts Locke. I am a part of all that I have met. Tennyson.

will pass. Dryden. The passing of the sweetest soul That ever looked with human eyes. Tennyson.

er; as, a passage at arms. No passages of love Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. Tennyson.

without anger or emotion; not easily excited; calm. "Self-contained and passionless." Tennyson.

f a patriarch; venerable. About whose patriarchal knee Late the little children clung. Tennyson.

with me, and I will pay thee all. Matt. xviii. 26. If they pay this tax, they starve. Tennyson.

Having a peak or peaks. Tennyson.

chiefs when called to lead other chiefs. The dread Pendragon, Britain's king of kings. Tennyson.

A pentacle or a pentalpha. "Like a wizard pentagram." Tennyson.

A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) with very tough wood, handsome oval polished leaves, and very acid berries, -- the sour gum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo. [Written also piperidge and pipperidge.] Pepperidge bush (Bot.), the barberry.

The digestive organs. Is there some magic in the place, Or do my peptics differ Tennyson.

in his hall. Chaucer. Not making his high place the lawless perch Of winged ambitions. Tennyson.

other; esp., a well-proportioned, harmonious sentence. "Devolved his rounded periods." Tennyson. Periods are beautiful when they are not too long. B. Johnson.

Perk; pert; jaunty; trim. There amid perky larches and pines. Tennyson.

A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness. "In a pet she started up." Tennyson.

The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer. [Poetic] Pope. Tennyson.

style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression. "Phrases of the hearth." Tennyson. Thou speak'st In better phrase and matter than thou didst. Shak.

ragments. "On which it piecemeal brake." Chapman. The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. Tennyson.