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A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up and sewed to the upper. Knight.

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.

Placable. [R.] Coleridge.

A species of hickory. See Pecan.

Appeased; pacified; tranquil. [R.]

Pacified; pacate.

The act of pacifying; a peacemaking. Coleridge.

One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that paces.

A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator of the universe.

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.]

See Pashalic.

A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.

A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of pasteboard, and dice. [U. S. & Eng.]

An instrument for measuring thickness, as of the glass of a mirror, or of paper; a pachymeter.

A substance resembling gutta-percha, and used to adulterate it, obtained from the East Indian tree Isonandra acuminata.

because, though originally devised in New Zealand, it was first practically introduced in Pachuca, Mexico.

A combining form meaning thick; as, pachyderm, pachydactyl.

Having the pericarp thick.

A bird or other animal having thick toes.

Having thick toes.