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Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family.

e back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebræ, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax.

Beau. & Fl. -- To pay off. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail. -- To pay on. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] To beat with vigor; to redouble blows. [Colloq.] -- To pay round Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) To turn the ship's head.

The act of combing; the combing of the head.

A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation.

Peg top, a boy's top which is spun by throwing it. -- Screw peg, a small screw without a head, for fastening soles.

A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.

A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs. The dread Pendragon, Britain's king of kings. Tennyson.

ugh; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words. Per annum, by the year; in each successive year; annually. -- Per cent, Per centum, by the…

all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks, white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called also peregrine hawk, duck hawk, game hawk, and great-footed hawk.

A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig. Shak.

p; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one's head. Cowper. Sherburne.

The European black-headed, or laughing, gull (Xema ridibundus). See under Laughing.

e set the world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled headlong into the river Po.

A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge.

Gall, that the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull; craniology.

They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

The pewit, or black-headed gull. [Prov. Eng.]

Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn. B. Jonson. -- Pig"-head`ed*ness, n.

Pitched; fixed; determined. [Obs.] [His horse] pight him on the pommel of his head. Chaucer. I found him pight to do it. Shak.