paludose

[Lat. paludosus =marshy.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Pertaining to marshes; marshy. 2. Bot.: Growing in marshes or fens. pā-lus ( pl. pā-11), s. [Lat.=a stake, prop, stay, or pole.] Zool . ( pl .): Small proce es occasionally existing between the septa and columella of certain corals. ( Duncan .) pa-lus-tral, *pa-lŭs'-trine, a. [Lat. palustris, from pal us =a bog, a marsh.] Marshy, boggy, IMG:content-0587.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0588.jpg:[graphic] Paly. IMG:content-0589.jpg:[blocks in formation] *pāl-ỹ, subst . [Etym. doubtful.] A roll of bran, such as is given to hounds. ( Eng .) " Paly of bryn. Cantabrum ." -Prompt . Parv. *păm, s . [Either for palm =victory, cf. trump, from triumph , or an abbreviation of Fr. pamphite = the knave of clubs.] The knave of clubs. "Ev'n mighty pam that kings and queens o'erthrew." Pope : Rape of the Lock , iii. 61. păm-băn măn-chě, s. [Tamil.] The native name for a canoe used on the Malabar coast, for conveying persons on the rivers and backwaters. They are from thirty to sixty feet in length, not more than three feet in beam, and are hollowed out of a single tree. The largest are rowed by about twenty men double-banked, and can attain a speed of twelve miles an hour. They are also called Serpent-boats, or Snake-boats. *pa-ment, *paw-ment, s. [Lat. pav i mentum .] A pavement. pămp, *pampe, v . t . [Low Ger. pampen =to live luxuriously, from pampe =pap; Ger. pampen , pam peln =to cram, to pamper, from pampe a thick broth, pap.] To feed luxuriously; to pamper. "He stirreth hem to pappe and pampe her fleisch."Reliquiæ Antique , i. 41. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. pampas