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Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which Pagurus is a type; the hermit crab. See Hermit crab, under Hermit.

An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. See Bah. Fie! fie! fie! pah! pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination. Shak.

A large war canoe of the Society Islands.

Same as Pehlevi.

A name given in the Sandwich Islands to lava having a relatively smooth surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called a-a.

See Utes.

Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.

The science or art of teaching.

Pagan. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose. [Written also pagle, pagil, peagle, and pygil.]

Pyjama.

A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover. Shak.

The quantity that a pail will hold. "By pailfuls." Shak.

An under bed or mattress of straw. [Written also palliasse.]

A thin leaf of metal, as for use in gilding or enameling, or to show through a translucent medium.

See Pall-mall. [Obs.]

r connected with the commission of a crime; penalty. Chaucer. We will, by way of mulct or pain, lay it upon him. Bacon. Interpose, on pain of my displeasure. Dryden. None shall presume to fly, under pain of death. Addison.

Causing pain; painful. [Obs.] The manacles of Astyages were not . . . the less weighty and painable for being composed of gold or silver. Evelyn.

Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing Addison.

A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively. [Written also panim and paynim.] Peacham.