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A pace; a step, as in a dance. Chaucer.

The gemsbok.

The passover; the feast of Easter. Pasch egg. See Easter egg, under Easter. -- Pasch flower. See Pasque flower, under Pasque.

Of or pertaining to the passover, or to Easter; as, a paschal lamb; paschal eggs. Longfellow. Paschal candle (R. C. Ch.), a large wax candle, blessed and placed on the altar on Holy Saturday, or the day before Easter. -- Paschal flower. See Pasque flower, under Pasque.

The wild or bezoar goat. See Goat.

To strike; to crush; to smash; to dash in pieces. [Obs.] P. Plowman. "I'll pash him o'er the face." Shak.

An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw. [Written also pacha.]

The jurisdiction of a pasha.

See Pasha.

Of or pertaining to pasigraphy.

A system of universal writing, or a manner of writing that may be understood and used by all nations. Good.

A form of speech adapted to be used by all mankind; universal language.

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h origin, popular in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and for some time after; -- called also passing measure, and passymeasure. Percy Smith.

See Pasch. Pasque flower (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Anemone, section Pulsatilla. They are perennial herbs with rather large purplish blossoms, which appear in early spring, or about Easter, whence the common name. Called also campana.

See Pasquin. [R.]

A lampooner; a pasquiler. [R.] Coleridge.

A lampooner. [R.] Burton.

A lampooner; also, a lampoon. See Pasquinade. The Grecian wits, who satire first began, Were pleasant pasquins on the life of man. Dryden.

A lampoon or satirical writing. Macaulay.