pahoehoe (pahoehoe)

[Hawaiian word, meaning 'smooth,' 'polished,' also 'tone.'] Compact lava. The spongy or rough lava is called a - a. The pahoehoe or velvety lava, which is folded and twisted in the manner of a viscid fluid, and may be compared to the homely illustration of a thick coat of cream drawn towards one edge of the milk-pan. W. T. Brigham, Notes on the Volcanoes of the Hawaiian [Islands, p. 31. Paictes (pa-ik'tēz), n. [NL. (Sun devall, 1873), παίκτης , a dancer or player, παίζειν , sport, 4232 play, dance, paid (pad). Preterit and past participle of payl. paidt, p. a. Contented; satisfied; pleased. Also payd, payed. [Obsolete or dialectal (Scotch).] Whoso that halt hym payd of his poverte, I holde hym riche, al hadde he nat a sherte. Chaucer, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 329. Also praying Heydon that he wold sey to Richard Ernold of Crowmer that he was sory, and evyl payd that his men pain paideutics (pā-dū tiks), Same as pædeutics . fixed in the ground in a dairy-yard for hang Hall i well. [Local, Eng.] IMG:content-2138.png:[blocks in formation]