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A nipple; a mammilla; a teat. Dryden. The paps which thou hast sucked. Luke xi. 27.

A child's word for father.

The upland plover. [Local, U. S.]

The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction.

See Popinjay, 1 (b).

A proteolytic ferment, like trypsin, present in the juice of the green fruit of the papaw (Carica Papaya) of tropical America.

ing to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction. Milman.

A papist. [Obs.] Baxter.

The papacy. [Obs.] Ld. Berners. Milton.

To make papal. [R.]

In a papal manner; popishly

The papacy. [Obs.] Milton.

Intense fear or dread of the pope, or of the Roman Catholic Church. [R.]

Government by a pope; papal rule.

A genus of plants, including the poppy.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Papaveraceæ) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.

An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.

Of or pertaining to the poppy; of the nature of the poppy. Sir T. Browne.

A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreæ. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, me…

A kind of sauce boat or dish.