patrology (patroloji)

Same as patristics. patron (patron or patron), n. and a. [ 4331 patroon, padrone, and pattern, doublets of pa tron.] I. n. 1. One who holds a relation of superiority and service analogous to that of a father; hence, a protector. I shall be brief and plain. All what my father, This country's patron , hath discours'd is true. Beau, and Fl ., Laws of Candy, i. 2. Specifically-(a) Among the Romans, a master who had freed his slave, or a father who had emancipated his child, and retained some rights over him after his emancipa. tion-those who succeeded to the master or father, as the case might be, usually becoming the patrons in his place. (b) A Roman of distinction under whose protection another, called the client, placed himself. It is the client's duty To wait upon his patron . Fletcher (and Mas singer ?), Lovers' Progre , v. 1. (c) In Gr. antiq., an advocate or pleader; a guardian; an official or legal intermediary. At Athens domiciled strangers - metœci-were subject to a small stranger's tax, had heavier pecuniary burdens than the native citizen, were required to serve in the army and navy, and needed a patron for the transaction of legal busine . Woolsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, § 63. 2. One who protects, countenances, supports, or encourages a person or a work; an encourager, protector, or favorer: as, a patron of the fine arts. patronizer When Add is on began his reign... his palace was Button's, opposite Will's. Button had been a servant in the Counte of Warwick's family, who under the patronage of Add is on kept a coffee house on the south side of Ru el-Street. Thackeray , English Humourists, p. 190. 2. Guardianship, as of a saint. Among the Roman Catholicks every ve el is recommended to the patronage of some particular saint. Add is on. 3. The right of presentation to a church or ecclesiastical benefice. Ecclesiastical patronage is restricted to endowed and established churches. It was abolished in the Church of Scotland in 1874, but still prevails almost universally in the Church of England. Let me add, the contiguity of five or six Mannors, the patronage of the livings about it, and, what is none of the least advantages, a good neighborhood. Evelyn, Diary (1623), p. 7. 4. The control of appointments to positions in the public service; also, the offices so controlled. He [the President of the United States) has. the exclusive control of the administration of the government, with the vast patronage and influence appertaining to the distribution of its honors and emoluments: a patronage so great as to make the election of the President the rallying point of the two great parties that divide the country. John C. Calhoun , Works, I. 220. The senators of each State divided their patronage to suit themselves, fulfilling the pledges of the last election and bribing voters for the next. N. A. Rev. , CXLII. 577. Arms of patronage, in her . , arms added by governors of provinces, lords of the manor, patrons of benefices, etc., to their family arms, as a token of superiority, right, or jurisdiction. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, i. 36. patron a get (patron-āj or patron-āj), v . t . [ He is the pyes patroun and putteth it in hire ere, That there the thorne is thikkest to buylden and brede. Piers Plowman (B), xii. 227. Books such as are worthy the name of books ought to have no patrons but truth and reason. Hugh was a patron of learned men, and a founder of monasteries. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 180. 3. A special guardian or protector; a saint whose special care is invoked, and who is regarded as a special guardian: as, St. Crispin, the patron (or patron saint) of shoemakers. St. Nicholas was deemed the patron of children in general, but much more particularly of all schoolboys, amongst whom the 6th of December (the saint's festival) used to be a very great holy day, for more than one reason. Rock , Church of our Fathers, III. ii. 215. 4. Eccles., one who has the right to present a clergyman to an ecclesiastical living, or to other preferment; the person who has the gift and disposition of a benefice. See patronage, 3. In 1253, however, he [Innocent IV.] recognised in the fullest way the rights of patrons , and undertook to abstain from all usurped provisions. Stubbs , Const. Hist., § 384. 5. A master; a host or landlord. Half-a-dozen little boys carried it to the inn, where I had to explain to the patron , in my best Spanish, that we wanted a carriage to go to the baths. Lady Bra ey , Voyage of Sunbeam, I. x. 6t. The master or captain of a galley or other ve el; the officer in command of a ship. A good new shippe whiche mad never Jorney a fore of viij tunne. The name of the Patrone was callyd Thomas Dodo. Torkington, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 15. The great master sent one of his gallia es, whose patron was called me ire Boniface. Hakluyt's Voyages , II. 76. 7t. A cartridge-case, a small cylinder of leather, wood, or metal: same as bandoleer, 3; by extension, a larger case for holding several cartridges. Cat. Spec. Ex. S. K., 1862, No. 4732. -8t. A pattern; a model; an example. See pattern. Trewly she Was her cheef patron of beaute. Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 910. Ther wa e dewly proved iij. quarter is of brod clothe convayed in peces, as hit apereth by patrons of blacke paper in our Comen Kofer of record. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 321. Patrons of Husbandry, an a ociation of American agriculturists, commonly known as Grangers . See grange , 4. II. a. Chosen as patron; supposed to act as patron; tutelary: as, a patron saint. patron (patron or patron), v . t . [ patron , n.] To treat, conduct, or manage as a patron; pa tronize. A good cause needs not to be patron'd by pa ion. Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, i. 5. Skinner, an undistinguished person of Oxford, pa troned by Dorset. R. W. Dizon , Hist. Church of Eng., xvii. patronage (patron-aj or patron-aj), n. [F. patronage = Pg. patronage = It. patronaggio , patronage, patron at i cum , homage or service due to a patron, patron us , a patron: see patron.] 1. The position of or the aid afforded by a patron; the countenance or support of a patron or of patrons: often used in the sense of countenance or favor shown in a patronizing or superciliously condescending way. If there was a little savor of patronage in the generous hospitality she exercised among her simple neighbors, it was never regarded as more than a natural emphasis of her undoubted claims to precedence. Josiah Quincy , Figures of the Past, p. 61. patronage, n.] To patronize or support; maintain; make good. Win. And am not I a prelate of the church? Glou. Yes, as an outlaw in a castle keeps And useth it to patronage his theft. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iii. 1. 48. patronal (pā'tron-al or patron-al), a. [ Mistre Wilkinson was "a godly matron and.. singular patrone to the good saints of God and learned bishops." Foxe , quoted in J. Bradford's Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), [II. 39. She.. was ever their sure refuge and support, their Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, I. vi. kind and merciful patrone and friend. patronization (pā"tron or patron-i-za's hon), n. [ patronize (pā'tron-iz or patron-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. patronized, ppr. patronizing. [F. pa troniser, be a patron; as patron + -ize.] 1. To act as patron toward; give support or countenance to; favor; a ist: as, to patronize an undertaking; to patronize an opinion. The great Add is on began to patronize the notion. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, i. 21. Patronizing a ready-made clothing establishment, he had exchanged his velvet doublet and sable cloak, with the richly-worked band under his chin, for a white collar and cravat, coat, vest, and pantaloons. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, viii. 2. To a ume the air of a patron toward; notice in a superciliously condescending way. Spruce... had a weakne for the aristocracy, who, knowing his graceful infirmity, patronized him with condescending dexterity. Disraeli , Sybil, i. 2. And patronizes the learned author in a book-notice. The Century, XXVI. 285. 3. To ascribe to a person as patron or the responsible party. [Rare.] For all the king's royal bounty amongst them, mentioned in my former, they patronized upon the queen debts to the amount of above £19,000. Court and Times of Charles I., I. 138. Also spelled patronise . patronizer (pā'tron or patron-i-zėr), n. One who patronizes; one who supports, countenances, or favors; a patron. Also spelled pa troniser . a column or pillar. dation of a wall. Form of Patten, used about 1830 . Fitz-Eustace, you with Lady Clare May bid your beads, and patter prayer - Court of Love, 1. 1087. She up with her pattens , and beat out their brains. Farmer's Old Wife (Child's Ballads, VIII. 258). You make no more haste now than a beggar upon pat- tens. B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. The Patten now supports each frugal Dame, Which from the blue ey'd Patty takes the name. Gay, Trivia, i. 281. Women went clicking along the pavement in pattens . Dickens, David Copper field, lx. syxe handfuls in length, whiche they make faste to theyr fiete with latchet tes, and therwith per for me theyr iorneys R. Eden, tr. of Sigismundus Liberus (First Books on [America, ed. Arber, p. 325). by the bare record of his name, patronymic , and deme on his tombstone. C. T. Newton, Art and Archæol., p. 204. patronymical (pat-ro-nim'i-kal), a. [ patro- nymic + -al.] Same as patronymic . patroon (pā-trön′), n . [ patroon , a protec- tor, patron: see patron .] One who received a grant of a certain tract of land and manorial privileges, with the right to entail, under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey. The privileges of the patroons were finally ex- tinguished about 1850, as a result of the efforts of the Anti rent party. He that within four years would plant a colony of fifty souls became lord of the manor, or patroon . Bancroft , Hist. U. S., II. 281. Cro patté or formé. IMG:content-2470.png:[blocks in formation] Stil hir tounge on pattens ran, Though many blowes she caught. Taming of a Shrew (Child's Ballads, VIII. 185). patten2 (pat'en), v . i. [ patten2 , n.] To go on pattens. Dickens , Bleak House, xxvii. [Rare.] pattened (pat'end), a . [ patten2 , n ., + -ed2.] Wearing pattens or clogs. Wherever they went, some pattened girl stopped to cour- Jane Austen , North anger Abbey, xxiii, patter1 (pat'er), v. [Freq. of pat1 . Cf. pattle , paddle1 .] I. in trans. 1. To make a quick ick suc- ce ion of small sounds by striking against the ground or any object: as, the pattering of rain- Then all at once the air was still, And showers of hailstones pattered round. IMG:content-2471.png:[blocks in formation] Tennyson, In Memoriam, xi. 2. To move with quick steps, making a succes- sion of small sounds; hence, to make a succes- sion of small sounds resembling those of short quick steps or of falling rain or hailstones. Pattering over the boards, my Annie who left me at two, Patter she goes, my own little Annie, an Annie like you. Tennyson, The Grandmother. Only the pattering aspen Made a sound of growing rain. Lowell , Singing Leaves. II. trans. To cause to strike or beat in drops; spatter. [Rare.] patter1 (pat'er), n. [ patter1 , v.] A quick succe ion of small sounds: as, the patter of rain or hail; the patter of little feet. patter2 (pat'er), v. [ patren , pater , pater , short for ML. paternoster , F. pate- notre , the Lord's Prayer; in allusion to the low indistinct repetition of this prayer in churches: see paternoster . But prob. in part a particular use of patter1 (cf. patter - song ).] I. in trans. 1. To repeat the Lord's Prayer; hence, generally, 3. To repeat something again and again in a rapid or mumbling way; mumble; mutter. Ever he patred on theyr names faste, That he had them in ordre at the laste. How the Plowman lerned his Paternoster (Hazlitt's Early [Pop. Poetry, I. 215). type; an exemplar; that which is to be copied or imitated: as, the pattern of a machine. See pattern - maker . I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing. Shak ., Lear, iii. 2. 37. I think you are a truly worthy gentleman, A pattern and a pride to the age you live in. Well could I bear that England had this praise, So we could find some pattern of our shame. IMG:content-2472.png:[blocks in formation] If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds, Behold this pattern of thy butcheries. 7. A design or figure corresponding in outline to an object that is to be fabricated, and serv- ing as a guide for determining its exact shape and dimensions; in molding , the counterpart of a casting in wood or metal, from which the mold in the sand is made.-8. In numis ., a spe- cimen struck in metal by the mint as a model or sample for a proposed coin, but not ulti- mately adopted for the currency. Thus, the Gothic crown of Queen Victoria, struck as a model for a crown piece, but never adopted for currency, is a patte A proof , on the other hand, is an early impre ion struck IMG:content-2473.png:[blocks in formation] vary in height, so as to raise the rod connected with the shuttle-boxes more or le , thus bringing one shuttle or another into position to be struck by the picker. pattern-cylinder (pat'ern-sil"in-der), n. In weaving , a cylinder, or in some forms of loom a wheel, with projections so arranged on its pe- riphery that its movement shall control the har- ne -system and the pattern-boxes, and thus fix the pattern of the woven fabric. Also called pattern -wheel . IMG:content-2474.png:[blocks in formation] pattern-maker (pat'ern-maker), n . In mech . eng in ., a workman who makes the patterns used by molders in foundry-work. These patterns are usu- ally made, in the first instance, of pine or mahogany, the pattern-maker working from drawings. If the patterns are to be much used, they are frequently duplicated in metal, the pattern after casting being filed and scoured smooth, then warmed, and coated with wax. Metal pat terns have the advantage of not warping like wood pat terns. Patterns are sometimes made plaster of Paris swept by templets while in a plastic state. This method has been succe fully applied in architectural ironwork in the production of cornices and analogous forms. Pattern-making a distinct trade, requiring great skill in wood-working, combining as it does the finest joinery-work with the art of wood-carving and the ability to read and interpret the most complicated mechanical pattern (pat'ern), v. t. [ pattern , n.] make in imitation of some pattern or model; For men, by their example, pattern out Their imitations. pattern-shop (pat'èrn-shop), п. In a foundry, factory, etc., the room, building, or department in which patterns are prepared. pattern-wheel (pat'ern-hwel), n. 1. In a clock- movement, the count-wheel, or locking-plate of the striking part. Its notches determine the number of blows to be struck in regular order. -2. In weaving , same as pattern - cylinder . patter-song (pat'er-sông), n. In music , espe- cially in comic operas, a song whose principal characteristic is a multitude of words rapidly sung or spoken to a simple melody. I call the man a pedant who prefers a symphony to a patter song or a good breakdown. Nineteenth Century , XXIIL. 20. The likene of our mishaps makes me presume to pat pattinsonize (pat'in-son-iz), v . t .; pret. and pp. IMG:content-2475.png:[blocks in formation] pattern-box (pat'ėrn-boks), n. In weaving : ( a ) A box at each side of a loom in which are placed a number of shuttles any of which may be thrown along the shed by an automatic de- vice, according to the pattern of the fabric. See pattern - chain and pat- tern-cylinder. Also called shuttle-box. (b) The box perforated to accord with b the harne -cards of a Jac- quard loom. Also called prism or cylinder . pattern-card (pat'ern- kärd), n. 1. (a) A piece of cardboard to which a sample or specimen of cloth, velvet, or the like is attached. Hence-(b) A number of such pieces of cardboard, forming a sort of book, or fold- ing alternately so as to open out in a long strip and exhibit, at one time, a number of patterns of stuff.-2. In weaving , one of the perforated pieces of cardboard used in the Jac- quard attachment to a loom. The cards are joined shifts the cards. cards of Jacquard Loomtern, cards; 6, revolving cylinder or prism which carries and pat tins on i zed , ppr. pat tins on i zing . [So called from H. L. Pattinson , a metallurgist of Newcas- tle-on-Tyne, England.] In metal . , to treat by the Pattinson proce . See proce . pattlel (pat'l), v. and n. [Freq. of pat1 ; now usually paddle : see paddle1 .] Same as paddle1 . [Prov. Eng.] pattle2 (pat'l), n. Same as paddle2 . [Scotch.] Thou need na start awa' sae hasty, Wi' bickering brattle! I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, Wi' murd'ring pattle! Burns , To a Mouse. pattyl (pat'i), n.; pl. patties (-iz). [F. páté , a pie, a pasty: see pasty2 .] A little pie; a pasty: as, a chicken patty ; oyster patties . patty2 (pat'i), a . Same as patté . patty-cake, pat-a-cake (pat'i-kāk, pat'a-kāk), n . [ pat1 + a2 + cake1 .] A children's game played by patting the hands together to a nursery rime. He played patty - cake steadily with Porley, looking at the others out of the corner of his eye. IMG:content-2476.png:[blocks in formation] Patu lip all a (pat"ū-li-pal'ä), n. pl . [NL., patulus , lying open, + palla , a mantle: see patulous and palla .] An order of Conch if era having an open mantle deficient in siphons: equivalent to the Ostracea of Cuvier. Latreille, 1825. patulous (pat'ū-lus), a. [L. patulus , lying open, patere , lie open: see patent1 . Cf. petal .] 1. Spreading. Specifically-( a ) In bot ., spreading slightly; expanded: as, a patulous calyx; bearing the flowers loose or dis- persed: as, a patulous peduncle. (b) In entom ., noting wings which when at rest are longitudinal, or nearly so, but near the body, and partly overlapping each other, as in certain moths. 2. Gaping; patent; having a spreading aper- ture. a device for automatically bringing the shutpau (pa), n. Same as pah2 . tles to the picker, according to the sequence pauchty, a. See paughty. pauciloquy (pa-sil'ō-kwi), n . [L. pauciloquium , a speaking but little, pa loqui , speak. Cf. pauciloquent .] The utterance of few words. [Rare.] paucine paucinervate (pa-si-nėrʼvāt), a. [L. paucus , few, little, + nervus, nerve.] Having but few nerves, or slightly veined. Thomas , Med. Dict. pauciradiate (pa-si-ra'di-at), a. [L. paucus , few, little, + radius , ray: see radiate .] Having few rays, as a fish's fin. paucispiral (pa-si-spi'ral), a . [L. paucus , few, little, + spira , a fold, coil: see spiral .] Having few whorls or turns: as, the paucispiral opercu- lum of a gastropod; a paucispiral shell. See IMG:content-2477.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2478.png:[blocks in formation] Ask not that paughty Scottish lord, For him you ne'er shall see. The Gay Go - Hawk (Child's Ballads, III. 281). See pawk1 . paukie, pauky, a . See pawky . paull, n. See pawl . paul2 (pâl), v . t . [Perhaps same as pall2 .] Το puzzle. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] pauldron (pâl'dron), n . [Also pouldron , powl- dron, poldern , polron , paler on ; polrynge , polrond , espalleron , a shoulder- plate, espauleron , shoulder-bone (= Sp. espal- daron , a shoulder-plate), espalle , F. épaule , the shoulder: see spaul , and cf. epau- let .] The armor of the shoulder when it is a piece separate from that of the body and of the arm. Specifically, the elaborate defense introduced about 1400, consisting of splints, sliding one over the other, or of a single piece so formed and secured by piv- ots that, as the arm was raised, it moved toward the neck, falling again by its own weight as the arm was lowered. The pauldron of the right shoulder was usu- ally smaller than that of the left, to allow of freer movement of the sword-arm, and A , Pauldron. especially for pa ing the lance under the IMG:content-2479.jpg:[blocks in formation] bly founded by Const an tine of Syria during the latter half of the seventh century, which held the dualistic doctrine that all matter was evil, believed that Christ, having a purely ethereal body, suffered only in appearance, and rejected the authority of the Old Testament and reli- Paul's mant. See man. ened placenta, and numerous seeds each with a white deli- cate lace-like wing. The tree is a favorite in cultivation, especially in Washington, in Paris, and in more southern regions, but is injured by more northern winters. paul-postt (pâl'post), n. Same as pawl - bitt . Paul's betony. See betony . gio us ordinances and ceremonies. The sect is said paultert, v. An obsolete form of palter . to have become extinct in the thirteenth century. The paulterlyt, a. An obsolete form of palterly . name is probably derived from their high regard for the IMG:content-2480.jpg:[blocks in formation] paumelt, n. A Middle English form of palm1 . paume2 (pom), n. [F., prop. jeu de paume , palm- play: see palm1 , n., 7.] A French game, the Paume at Versailles that the famous revolutionary meet same as palm - play. It was in the hall Jeu de ing of the Tiers État was held in 1789. pauncelt, n. [ME.: see paunch , pauncher .] 1. An obsolete variant of paunch .-2. In armor: (a) Same as cuira . (b) Body-armor of linked mail; also, the brigandine, in the sense of any coat of fence for the lower part of the body. pauncest (päns), n. Same as pance , pansy , paunch (pänch or pânch), n . [Early mod. E. panch, panche (dial. or naut. still also panch ); paunche , pawnche , panche , paunce , paunch, belly, = D. pense , pens = MLG. panse = MHG. panze , G. panzen , pansen , pantsch ; panche , pance , paunch, belly, a great-bellied doublet, F. panse = Walloon panchie = Pr. pans a , panga = Sp. panza , pancho = It. pancia , panza = Wal- lachian pentece , pantex ( pantic- ), paunch, belly, bowels.] 1. The belly; the abdomen. He shal haue a penaunce in his paunche and puffe at ech Piers Plowman (B), xiii. 87. The merit of his wit was founded upon the shaking of a fat paunch . Steele, Guardian, No. 42. 2. Specifically, in zoöl ., the rumen. See cut under ruminant .-3. Naut . See panch , 2.-4+. Same as paunce1 , 2. pauncht (pänch or pânch), v. t. [Formerly also panche ; paunch , n.] 1. To pierce or rip the belly of; stick or stab in the belly; eviscerate. But I, remorsele , panch'd him, cut his throat. Chapman, Widow's Tears, v. 3. 2. To fill the paunch of; stuff with food. If you did but see him after I have once turned my back, how negligent he is in my profit, and in what sort he useth to glut and panch himselfe. Benvenuto , Pa engers' Dialogues. (Nares.) paunchert (pän'cher or pân'cher), n. [ME. pawnchere , pancher , pancherde , pawncherde , panchiere , panciere (f., also pancier , m.) (= It. panciera ; cf. D. pantser , pantsier = MLG. pantzer , pansēr , panser , panscher = MHG. pan- zier, panzer, G. panzer = Sw. pansar Dan. pandser , pancerea ), a piece All gifts have an inevitable tendency to pauperize the recipient. Dickens, Hard Times, xvii. pauper oust (pa'per-us), a . [ pauper + -ous.] Poor. S. Ward , Sermons, p. 173. Pauropida (pa-rop'i-da), n . pl . [NL.] Same as Pauropod a . Pauropidæ (pa-rop'i-dē), n. pl . [NL.] Same as Pauropodidæ . of armor covering the belly, a cuira , panche , pance (=It. pancia ), belly, paunch: see paunch .] A girdle or belt. Prompt . Parv ., p. 38; Caxton , boldt, Bonpland, and Kunth, 1815), Paullinia paunchine (pän' or pân'chi-nes), n. + -ex .] A tribe of plants of the polypetalous order Sapindaceæ and the suborder Sapindeæ , typified by the genus Paullinia . paulo-post-future (pa'lō-post-fū'tūr), a . and n. [ NL . paulo - post - futurum (sc. temp us , tense): L. paulo , paullo , a little (abl. of paul us , paullus , little); post , after; futurus , future.] Noting a tense of Greek verbs, the future perfect. Paulownia (pa-lō'ni-ä), n. [NL. (Siebold and Zuccarini, 1835), named after Anna Paul own a , daughter of the czar Paul I.] A genus of or- namental trees of the order Scrophularineæ and the tribe Cheloneæ , characterized by the absence of a sterile sta- men and by a deeply cleft scurfy calyx with five broad and fleshy obtuse valvate lobes. There is but one species, P. imperial is , native of Japan, a large tree, resembling the catalpa in appearance, bear- ing broadly heart-shaped op- posite soft-hairy leaves, and large terminal panicles of showy pale-violet or blue and brown-spotted flowers in early spring. The many large and conspicuous point- ed capsules are persistent one or two winters, contain- ing loose in each of their two cells an almond-like thick paunchy or big-bellied condition. paunch-mat (pänch'mat), n. Same as panch , paunchy (pän'- or pân'chi), a . [ The gay old boys are paunchy old men in the disguise Dickens , Sketches, Characters, vii. paune (pân), n . See pone1 . paunedt, a. An obsolete form of paned . paunsway, n . Same as panchway . pauper (paper), n. and a. [L. pauper , poor: see poor .] I. n. A very poor person; a person entirely destitute of property or means of sup- port; particularly, one who, on account of pov- erty, becomes chargeable to the public; also, in law , a person who, on account of poverty, is admitted to sue or defend in form a pauper is. See in form a pauper is . II. a . Of or pertaining to paupers: as, pauper labor. paupere (på'pėr-es), n. [ pauper + -e .] A female pauper. [Rare.] Everybody else in the room had fits, except the wards- woman, an elderly, able-bodied paupere . Dickens , Uncommercial Traveller, iii. (Davies.) pauperisation, pauperise. See pauperization , pauperize . pauperism (pâʻpėr-izm), n. [ pauper + -ism.] 1. A pauper condition; the condition of those who are destitute of the means of support and are a charge upon the community; dependence on the poor-rates or some similar fund for sup- satio (n-), a ha a halting, pausare , halt, cease, pausa , pause, ce ation: see pause .] Stop; stay; rest; pause. To faint and to freshe the pausacion . Ballade in Commendation of our Lady , 1. 61. pause (pâz), n. [ pause , pawse = D. poos = MLG. pose = MHG. puse , G. pause = Sw.paus = Dan. pause , pause , pose , a pause, stop, moment, F. pause = Sp. Pg. It. pausa , pausa , a pause, halt (used before and after, but not during, the cla ical period), σις , a halt, stop, ce ation, παύειν , cause to cease or stop, παύεσθαι , cease. Cf. pause , г.] 1. A temporary stop or rest; a ce ation or in- termi ion of action or motion, as of speaking, singing, or playing. Give me some breath, some little pause , my lord, Before I positively speak herein. The Highlander made a pause , saying, "This place is much changed since I was here twenty years ago. Shairp , Poetic Interpretation of Nature, p. 113. 2. A ce ation proceeding from doubt or un- certainty; hesitation; suspense. I stand in pause where I shall first begin. Shak ., Hamlet, iii. 3. 42. IMG:content-2481.png:[graphic] pause Some o' you nicely ken the laws, To round the period an' pause , An' wi' rhetoric clause on clause To mak' harangues. Burns , Prayer to the Scotch Representatives. 4. In musical notation : (a) A rest, or sign for silence. See rest, (b) A fermata or hold, hol or, indicating that a note is to be prolonged at the pleasure of the performer.-5t. r.-5t. Stopping-place; conclusion; ultimate point. If any one book of Scripture did give testimony to all, yet still that Scripture which giveth credit to the rest would require another Scripture to give credit unto it, neither could we ever come unto any pause whereon to rest our a urance in this way. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, ii. 4. 6. In pros ., an interval in a succe ion of metrical times, corresponding to a time or times in the rhythm, but not represented by any syllable or syllables in the text. In ancient prosody pause was called an empty time , and was measured, like a time, as a monosemic, disemic, trisemic, etc., pause. A monosemic pause was called a limma , a disemic pause a prosthesis. Pauses occur especially at the end of some rhythmical section, but are not admi ible in the interior of a word. Disemic pause. See disemic . =Syn. 1. In termi ion, Rest, etc. See stop . 4335 With demure confidence This pausingly ensued: Neither the king nor's heirs, Tell you the duke, shall prosper. Shak., Hen. VIII., i. 2. 168. Pau idæ (pâ'si-dē), n. pl. [NL., somber in color, and are found in the ground or under stones and logs. Fourteen genera and about 100 species are known. They are related to the Pselaphidæ, and sometimes named or described as nocturnal wood - beetles, from their habits and resorts.