Chapter L: B. pass-us, locus

_To_ PASE, _v. a._ To poise.

V. ~Pais~.

PASH, _s._ The head, a ludicrous term, S.

_Watson._

PASMENTS, _s. pl._

1. Strips of lace or silk sewed on clothes.

2. Now used to denote livery; pron. _pessments_, S. B.

_Acts Ja. VI._

3. External decorations of religion.

_Rutherford._

Teut. Fr. _passement_, lace.

_To_ ~Pasment~, _v. a._ To deck with lace.

_Z. Boyd._

PASSINGEOURE, _s._ A passage boat.

_Douglas._

O. Fr. _passageur_, L. B. _passagerius_, a ferryman.

_To_ PASSIVERE, _v. a._ To exceed, W. Loth.

PASTANCE, _s._ Pastime.

_Pal. Hon._

Fr. _passetemps_, id.

PASUOLAN, _s._ A small species of artillery; Fr. _passevolant_.

_Complaynt S._

PAT, _pret._ of the _v._ ~Put~.

_Burel._

PATH, _s._

V. ~Peth~.

PATHIT, _part. pa._ Paved.

_Douglas._

Teut. _pad_, semita, via trita.

PATIENT ~of~ DEATH, _s._ A throe.

Perhaps corr. from _passion_, suffering.

_To_ PATIFIE, _v. a._ To manifest, Lat. _patefio_.

_Bruce._

PATRELL, _s._

1. Defence for the neck of a war-horse; Fr. _poitral_.

_Douglas._

2. The breast-leather of a horse, S.

_Ruddiman._

PATRON, _s._ A pattern, Fr.

_Wallace._

_To_ PATTER, _v. a._ To repeat in a muttering way without interruption, S.

_Dunbar._

Arm. _pater-en_, to repeat the Lord's prayer.

~Patterar~, _s._ One who repeats prayers.

_Douglas._

~Pattering~, _s._ Vain repetition.

_Lyndsay._

PATTLE, PETTLE, _s._ A stick with which the ploughman clears away the earth that adheres to the plough, S.

E. _paddle_, C. B. _pattal_.

_Burns._

_To_ PAUCE, _v. n._ To prance with rage, S. B.

Fr. _pas_, E. _pace_.

PAUCHTIE, _adj._

1. Haughty, S.

_Maitland Poems._

2. Petulant, malapert, S.

_Ramsay._

Belg. _pochg-en_, to vaunt.

PAVEN, PAUUAN, _s._ A grave Spanish dance, in which the dancers turned round one after another, as peacocks do with their tails.

_Lyndsay._

Fr. _pavane_, id., from _paon_, a peacock.

PAVIE, PAW, _s._

1. Lively motion of whatever kind, S.

2. The agile exertions of a rope-dancer.

_Birrel._

3. A fantastic air, S.

_Cleland._

4. Transferred to rage, S.

Fr. _pas vif_, a quick step.

PAUIS, PAVIS, _s._

1. A large shield.