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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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PAD ELEPHANT n.

An elephant that is furnished with a pad for carrying burdens instead of with a howdah for carrying passengers.

PAGE v. 10 definitions

To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuskript; to furnish with folios.

Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleæ, or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle.

A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur. It is related to the bears, and inhabits the mountains of Northern India.

Furnished with panicles; arranged in, or like, panicles; paniculate.

PAPER v. 12 definitions

To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house.

Furnished with a pappus; downy.

Ornamental hangings, furniture, etc., as of a state apartment; rich and elegant robes worn by men of rank; -- chiefly in the plural. [Obs.] Lords in paraments on their coursers. Chaucer. Chamber of paraments, presence chamber of a monarch.

Furnished with a parson.

PARTNERSHIP n. 5 definitions

a. Burrill. -- Silent partnership, the relation of partnership sustained by a person who furnishes capital only.

PASS v. 41 definitions

To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.

PAST prep. 6 definitions

Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of. "Who being past feeling." Eph. iv. 19. "Galled past endurance." Macaulay. Until we be past thy borders. Num. xxi. 22. Love, when once past government, is consequently past shame. L'Estrange.

PATRON n. 10 definitions

One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.

PAVEMENT v. 2 definitions

To furnish with a pavement; to pave. [Obs.] "How richly pavemented!" Bp. Hall.

PAVILION v. 8 definitions

To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents. The field pavilioned with his guardians bright. Milton.

PEAN n. 2 definitions

One of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tufts or.

The covering, or coat, of a mammal, whether of wool, fur, or hair.

A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind.

An outer garment for men or women, originally of fur, or lined with fur; a lady's outer garment, made of silk or other fabric.

Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets. [R.] "This pelleted storm." Shak.