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See Panary. Loudon.

A fabric resembling velvet, but having the nap flat and less close.

A kind of rustic saddle. Tusser.

A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.

Bearing panniers. Wordsworth.

The brainpan, or skull; hence, the crest. [Obs.] Spenser.

A small pan or cup. Marryat. Thackeray.

Similar in texture or appearance to felt or woolen cloth.

A very vascular superficial opacity of the cornea, usually caused by granulation of the eyelids. Foster.

Producing ova only; -- said of the ovaries of certain insects which do not produce vitelligenous cells.

Uttering ominous or prophetic voices; divining. [R.] We want no half gods, panomphean Joves. Mrs. Browning.

Dressed in panoply.

mor in general; a full suit of defensive armor. Milton. We had need to take the Christian panoply, to put on the whole armor of God. Ray.

A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen.

A complete view in every direction.

Of, pertaining to, or like, a panorama. Panoramic camera. See under Camera.

Like, or pertaining to, the genus Panorpa. -- n.

Any neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa, and allied genera. The larvæ feed on plant lice.

A medicine for all diseases; a panacea. [R.]

or representative of, those who hold Presbyterian views in all parts of the world; as, a Panpresbyterian council.