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The language of the Osci.

Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians. Schoolcraft.

To fill too full; to crowd. Our language is overcharged with consonants. Addison.

sh alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phonician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive.…

thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint.

A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate. [Slang]

eceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully. Palavering the little language for her benefit. C. Bront

made in India, -- used for bed coverings. [Written also palampore, palampoor, etc.] De Colange.

A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc.

); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. [Slang, U. S.]

To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic] The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees. Pope.

hich extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister.

e; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word. Paragogic letters, in the Semitic languages, letters which are added to the ordinary forms of words, to express additional emphasis, or some change in the sense.

express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language. We are put to construe and paraphrase our own words. Bp. Stillingfleet.

y used in our Bible, has, in religious matters, the same sense as forgiveness; but in the language of common life there is a difference between them, such as we often find between corresponding Anglo-Saxon and Norman words. Forgive points to inward feeling, and suppose alienated affection; when we ask forgiveness, we p…

A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty. The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's "Hind and Panther" was received with great applau…

A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. See To act a part, under Act. That part Was aptly fitted and naturally performed. Shak. It was a brute part of him to kill so capital…

A form of speech adapted to be used by all mankind; universal language.

s] patter their doleful prayers. Longfellow. To patter flash, to talk in thieves' cant. [Slang]

A nickname for a policeman; -- so called from Sir Robert Peel. [British Slang] See Bobby.