Pattern

pat′ėrn, n. a person or thing to be copied: a model: an example: style of ornamental work: anything to serve as a guide in forming objects: the distribution of shot in a target at which a gun is fired.— ns. Patt′ern-book , a book containing designs of lace, ., or in which patterns of cloth, ., are pasted; Patt′ern-box , in weaving, a box at each side of a loom containing the various shuttles that may be used; Patt′ern-card , a piece of cardboard on which specimens of cloth are fixed; Patt′ern-mak′er , one who makes the patterns for moulders in foundry-work; Patt′ern-shop , the place in which patterns for a factory are prepared; Patt′ern-wheel , the count-wheel in a clock movement. [Fr. patron , a protector, pattern.]