pass (pas)

[ = = sage, etc., Pg. It. pas so (= MD. D. pas = MLG. pas = G. pasz = Sw. pa = Dan. pas ), a pa age; partly from the verb pa , and partly identical with the orig. noun pace, Past furth thurgh the pase with his proude knightes. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), l. 13013. The syxte, hit is a path of pees; ze, thorw the pas of Al- toun Pouerte myghte pa e with-oute peril of robbynge. Piers Plowman (C), xvii. 139. I perceived that the whole pa was guarded, and, wherever the road was a little wider or turned a corner round a rock or a clump of trees, there were other long guns peeping out from among the bushes. R. Curzon, Monast. in the Levant, p. 234. (b) A channel connecting a body of water with the sea; also, one of the channels in the delta of a river: as, the pa es of the Mi i ippi. [Southern U. S.] Chef Menteur, one of the watery threads of a tangled skein of pa es between the lakes and the open Gulf. G. W. Cable, The Grandi imes, p. 355. (c) In mining, an opening from the stopes through the attle down to the level below, through which the ore is allowed to descend into the cars or wheelbarrows for transportation to the shaft, to be raised to the surface. Also called mill. 2. State or condition; especially, a critical or embarra ing state or condition; conjuncture of affairs; crisis. We are glad to hear the Busine is brought to so good a Pa , and that the Capitulations are so honourable. Howell, Letters, I. v. 33. Nothing were the Clergy, but at the same pa , or rather worse, then when the Saxons came first in. Milton, Hist. Eng., iii. But now the World is come to another Pa , and we all love to live at Ease, and shun Painstaking. N. Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, I. 194. Still the darkne increased, till it reach'd such a pa That the sextone hasten'd to turn on the gas. Barham , In golds by Legends, II. 43. 3. In a rolling-mill: (a) The aperture formed by corresponding grooves in the rolls. This aperture has the form which is to be given to the bar in section, whether it be that of a rail, a tire, an angle-iron, a Tor I-beam, a half-round, etc. (b) A single pa age of a plate or bar between the rolls. E. H. Knight. 4314 - 4. Permi ion or license to pa ; a permit or written authority to come or go; a ticket or writing giving one free admi ion or transit: as, a pa to the theater; a railway pa ; also often, by abbreviation, a pa port. Who would not send each year blank pa es o'er, Rather than keep such strangers from our shore? Hughes, Tofts and Marg arett a. The next step was to get a free pa to Washington, for I'd no desire to waste my substance on railroad companies. L. M. Alcott, Hospital Sketches, p. 7. 5. In fencing , a thrust; a lunge. In a dozen pa es between yourself and him, he shall not exceed you three hits. Shak., Hamlet, v. 2. 173. 6t. A sally of wit; a jest. "Steal by line and level" is an excellent pa of pate. Shak., Tempest, iv. 1. 244. 7. A pa ing of the hand over or along anything; a manipulation of a mesmerist. Z's pa es or personal contact may very probably have no effect whatever. Proc. Soc. Psych. Research, I. 252. 8. Succe ful or satisfactory i ue from an examination, inspection, or other test; particularly, in a university, a degree or certificate ob tained without honors. The good news of the pa will be a set-off against the few small debts. pa age cing, a lunge forward with a sword, one foot being advanced at the same time. Come, sir, your pa ado . Shak., R. and J., iii. 1. 88. The best practised gallants of the time name it the pas sado; a most desperate thrust, believe it. B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, i. 4. 2. In the manège , a turn or course of the horse backward or forward on the same ground. pa adot (pa-sa'dō), n. [A var. of pa ade , as if Sp.: see pa ade .] Same as pa ade . pa age (pas'aj), n. [ pa age , sage , F. pa age = Sp. pasaje = Pg. pa agem = It. pa aggio , pa at i cum , right of pa age, also, after Rom., pa agium , pa age, right of pa age, toll for pa age, a pa , way, road, canal, etc., pa are , pa : see pa , v.] 1. A pa ing or moving from one place or state to another; movement, transit, or transference from point to point, place to place, state to state, hand to hand, etc.; a moving or going by, over, along, or through: as, the pa age of a ship or of a bird; the pa age of something through a tube or a sieve; the pa age of the sunlight through the clouds. He mourns that day so soon has glided by: E'en like the pa age of an angel's tear That falls through the clear ether silently. Keats , Sonnets, xiv. 9t. Stretch; extent. All the pa e of Lanca hyre He went both ferre and nere. Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode (Child's Ballads, V. 106). 10t. A kind of raisin-wine. Nowe pa e is made, that Affrike useth make, Afore vyndage. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 204. 11t. Branch; division. The speces of this paas shullen be moore largely in hir chapitres folwynge declared. Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 12. A simple sort of fishway, consisting of a sloping trough, chiefly used on low dams.-13. A frame on which the stones or vou oirs rest in the construction of an arch; a centering. [Prov. Eng.]-Pa examination. See examination. - Pa of arms, a pa age of arms. =Syn. 1. Pa age, etc. See way. pa . An abbreviation of pa ive and pa us. pa able (pas'a-bl), a. [ F.pa able = Sp. pas able = Pg. pa avel = It. pa a bile, What, all wide open? 'Tis the way to sin, Doubtle ; but I must on; the gates of hell Are not more pa able than these. Beau. and Fl., Captain, iv. 5. I went to view how St. Martin's Lane might be made more pa able into ye Strand. Evelyn , Diary, May 14, 1662. 2. That may be pa ed from hand to hand as a thing of value; current; receivable: as, bills pa able in lieu of coin. Go back; the virtue of your name Is not here pa able. Shak., Cor., v. 2. 13. I've seen folks that had to rub the silver off a thrip to tell whether it was pa able or not. The Century , XXXVIII. 912. 3. Such as may be allowed to pa ; allowable; admi ible; tolerable; reaching or just rising above mediocrity. Many a man of pa able information, at the present day, reads scarcely anything but reviews; and before long a man of erudition will be little better than a mere walking catalogue. Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 168. There are many pages of pa able rhyme, with here and there a quaintne , a fragrance, and here and there a thought. The Academy, June 29, 1889, p. 445.