paiset

and v. An obsolete form of poise. paisiblet, a. A Middle English form of peace able. Virtue and grace are always paired together. Beau . and Fl . , Woman-Hater, iv. 2. paitrelt, n. A Middle English variant form of The first summons, Cuckoo! of thy bill, With its twin notes inseparably paired . Innocent child and snow-white flower! Well are ye paired in your opening hour. Words worth, Sonnets, iii. 14. Bryant, Innocent Child and Snow-white Flower. pair2t, v. [ME. pairen , payren , peiren , by apher- trans . To impair. esis for empairen , impair: see impair1 .] I. Lefe of this Langore, as my lefe brother, That puttes the to payne and peires thi sight. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3588. Whatsoever is new is unlooked for and ever it mends some, and pairs others. Bacon , Innovations (ed. 1887). II. in trans . To become impaired; deteriorate. If tho thing is that schulen perische & paire Vnto thi sighte thus semeli bee, Weel maist thou wite y am weel faire, Of whom ech thing hath his bewte. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 185. The life of man is such that either it paireth or amend J. Bradford , Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 29. eth. paired (pard), a. 1. Arranged in pairs: said of corresponding parts situated on opposite sides of the body, as the arms of a man, the wings of insects, etc.-2. Mated, as any two individuals of different sexes. - Paired fins, in ichth., the lateral fins, pectoral or ventral: distinguished from median or vertical fins.