pal (pa)

[A short form of papa1. Cf. ma2 for mama.] A more childish form of paра1. pa2, pa', n. A Scotch form of pall1. The cowardly Whittam, for fear they should cut him, Seeing glittering broad swords with a pa ' . Battle of Sheriff - Muir (Child's Ballads, VII. 158). p. a. An abbreviation of participial adjective , employed in this dictionary. paaget, n. [OF., also poiage , paiage , F. péage , etc.: see pedage .] Same as pedage . Trade was restrained, or the privilege granted on the payment of tolls, pa ages, paages, pontages, and innumerable other vexatious imposts. Burke , Abridg. of Eng. Hist., iii. 5. paalstab (päl's tab), n . Same as palstaff . paaslt, n. A Middle English variant of pace . paas2t (pas), n. [An old form of pace3 , pasch ; in mod. use (in New York), paasch = pasch : see pasch .] Same as pasch . Here will I holde, as I haue hight, The feeste of Paas with frendis in feere, E. York Plays , p. 233. Under his [Peter Stuyvesant's] reign there was a great cracking of eggs at Paas or Easter. Irving , Knickerbocker, p. 403. Paas daył (pâs'dā). Easter day. Paas Day . - Easter Day, in an old English sermon: " In die Pasche post Resureccionem - Goode men and women IMG:content-2105.png:[blocks in formation]