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PA n.
A shortened form of Papa.
PAAGE n.
A toll for passage over another person's grounds. [Written also peage and pedage.] Burke.
PAARD n.
The zebra. [S. Africa]
PAAS n. 2 definitions
Pace [Obs.] Chaucer
PABULAR a.
Of, pertaining to, or fit for, pabulum or food; affording food.
PABULATION n. 2 definitions
Food; fodder; pabulum. [Obs.]
PABULOUS a.
Affording pabulum, or food; alimental. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
PABULUM n.
ains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum.
PAC n.
A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up and sewed to the upper. Knight.
PACA n.
A small South American rodent (Cologenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig.
PACABLE a.
Placable. [R.] Coleridge.
PACANE n.
A species of hickory. See Pecan.
PACATE a.
Appeased; pacified; tranquil. [R.]
PACATED a.
Pacified; pacate.
PACATION n.
The act of pacifying; a peacemaking. Coleridge.
PACER n.
One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that paces.
PACHACAMAC n.
A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator of the universe.
PACHAK n.
The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus, exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be the costus of the ancients. [Written also putchuck.]
PACHALIC a.
See Pashalic.
PACHISI; PARCHESI n.
A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.
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