paced (past)

[ The cattle... wait : as, Their wonted fodder,. silent, meek, And patient of the slow- paced swain's delay. Cowper , Task, v. 32. Pace dayt. Easter day. Compare Paas day . pace-eggert, n. See the quotation, çati = E. twenty.] A game of Hindu origin, resembling backgammon, played by four persons. The description [of another game] minutely corresponds with the Hindoo game of pachisi, played in like manner with cowries instead of beans. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXXΙ. 165. pachnolite (pak'nō-līt), n. [ of the crystals. pachometer (pa-kom'e-ter), n. [= F. pacho mètre, me μέτρον, measure.] Same as pachymeter. pachyæmia, n. See pachyemia. pachyblepharosis (pak-i-blef-a-rō'sis), n. [NL., Pachycardia (pak-i-kär'di-ä), n. pl. [NL., Those vertebrates which have a thick muscular heart divided into auricular and ventricular parts, and a well-defined skull: opposed to Lep to card i i. This primary group of Vertebrata contains all except the lancelets, and is conterminous with Craniota. Haeckel. pachycardian (pak-i-kär'di-an), a. and n. [ II. n. A member of the Pachycardia , as any skulled vertebrate. pachycarpous (pak-i-kär'pus), a. [ παχύς , thick, + καρπός , fruit.] In bot ., having the pericarp very thick. Pachycephalal (pak-i-sef'a-lä), n. [NL., fem. of pachycephalus, thick-headed: see pachycepha lous.] 1. In ornith., the typical genus of Pachy cephalinæ, founded in 1826 by Vigors and Hors field, having the head uncrested, and the bill as broad as it is high at the nostrils. It is an extensive group of thick-headed shrikes, containing about 50 species, ranging in the Indian and Australian regions, but not in New Zealand. The type is P. guttural is of Australia. Also called Hylocharis or Hyloterpe, Muscitrea, and Puche rani a. See cut in next column. 2. In entom., a genus of tachina-flies, or dipterous insects of the family Tachinidæ. Lioy, 1863. IMG:content-2107.jpg:[merged small][graphic] Thick-headed Shrike (Pachycephala mental is). Pachycephala2 (pak-i-sef'a-lä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of pachycephalus, thick-headed: see pachycephalous.] In Crustacea, a division of Epizoa or fish-lice, containing the families Er gasilidæ and Dichelestiidæ. pachycephalia (paki-se-fa'li-ä), n. [NL.: see pachycephaly.] Same as pachycephaly. pachycephalic (pak ak"i-se-fal'ik kor-sefa-lik), or a. [As [As pachycephal - y + -ic.].) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or or exhibiting pa pachycephaly. Pachycephalinæ (pak-i-sef-a-li'ne), nē), n. pl. [NL., of La bristles; the first primary is at least two thirds as long as the second; the point of the wing is formed usually by the fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries; the tail is generally two thirds as long as the wing, diversiform, but not graduated; the head is crested or not; the plumage is without red or blue; and the sexes are generally of different colors. Also Pachycephalidæ as a separate family. pachycephaline (pak-i-sef'a-lin), a. Specifically, of or pertaining to the Pachycephalinæ. pachycephalous (pak-i-sef'a-lus), a. [