paveset, paves set

and v. See pavise. Pavetta (pa-vet'ä), n. [NL. (Linnæus, 1737); from a native name in Malabar, India.] A genus of shrubs of the order Rubiaceæ, the madder family, and the tribe Ixoreæ, distinguished by the very slender long-exserted style and the two-seeded drupe. There are about 60 species, found in the tropics of the Old World and in South Africa. They bear opposite leaves with stipules often united into a loose sheath, and white or greenish flowers in branching three-forked corymbs. P. Borbonica and several other species are cultivated under gla as ornamental ever greens. The bitter roots of P. Indica are used as a purga and are made into knife-handles by the Hindus. paviaget, n. Same as pavage . pavian, n. See pavan . pavid (pav'id), a. [= Sp. pávido = Pg. It. pa- vido , L. pavid us , fearful, timorous, pavere , be afraid.] Timid. (Rare.] vic As eagles go forth and bring home to their eaglets the lamb or the pavid kid, I say there are men who.. tual their nests by plunder. Thackeray , On a Medal of George IV.