patois (as patwa)

[Fr.] A dialect peculiar to a rural district, or to uneducated persons; a "He learnt with patience, and with meekne taught." provincial dialect: broken language. II. Technically : Harte . 1. Bot .: Rumex patient i a , so called from the slowne of its operation as a medicine. It is used on the Continent as a spinach-plant. 2. Cards: A game at cards, played by one person. patience-dock, s. Bot.: Polygonum bistort a; (2) [PATIENCE, II. 1]. pā-tient (ti as sh), *pa-ci-ent, a. & s. [Fr. patient, from Lat. patiens. pr. par. of patior to suffer, to endure; Sp. paciente; Ital. paziente.] IMG:content-0753.png:[blocks in formation] pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, patrial