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portation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.

A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.

d with panes; also, having openings; as, a paned window; paned window sash. "Paned hose." Massinger.

A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some animals, and corresponding with the parepididymis of the male.

hing is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent. And kept back part of the…

resisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission. The best virtue, passive fortitude. Massinger.

A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room.

A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats. It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter. Dickens.

e consecrated bread is placed in the Eucharist, or on which the host is placed during the Mass. It is usually small, and formed as to fit the chalice, or cup, as a cover. [Written also patin, patine.]

A legal holiday in the States of Massachusetts and Maine, April 19, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington in 1775. It was first observed in 1894. [U. S.]

A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile.

The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.

To congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass. [R.] H. Spencer.

A whitish mineral occurring in radiated or fibrous crystalline masses. It is a hydrous silicate of lime and soda.

of lava jets or from bits of liquid lava thrown into the air. It often collects in thick masses resembling tow.

The mass of comunity as distinguished from a special class; the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; as, nobles and people. And strive to gain his pardon from the people. Addison .

In solid measure: A mass 16

An arbor or trellis treated architecturally, as with stone columns or similar massive structure.

An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification. Henslow.

A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal suppository.