passepied (paspy a)

[F., 42, cab bracket; 43, crank-pins; 44, fire-door; 45. steam-gage: 46, sight feed-lubricator; 47, steam heat-reducing valve; 48, driving wheel tire; 49, auxiliary air-reservoir. a, cylinder (same as No. 9); b, exhaust-pa age; c, steam-pipe; d, exhaust-pipe; 4, smoke-arch. drill used in cutlery to make holes to receive little ornamental studs of gold or silver. It has a stop to prevent the point of the drill from penetrating the handle beyond the required depth.-3. A gimlet. [Prov. Eng.] Pa er2 (pas'ér), n. [L., a sparrow.] A genus of fringilliform or conirostral oscine pa erine birds, founded by Bri on in 1760, typically representing the family Fringillidæ, and a repre IMG:content-2424.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-2425.jpg:[graphic] European House-sparrow ( Pa er domestic us ). sentative example of the Oscines or normal Pas seres. The name lapsed, or was used with little dis crimination, for a century, but is now in nearly universal use for that genus of finches which contains the common European or so-called English sparrow ( P. domestic us ), the European tree-sparrow (P. montan us ), and several other related species. The two species named are both naturalized in the United States. See sparrow and house sparrow. pa er-by (pås'ėr-bī'), n. One who pa es by or near. Also by - pa er. In an undertone, as if he were afraid a pa er - by might hear him. Disraeli , Sybil, iv. 1.