Paguma
(||Pa*gu"ma) n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of East Indian viverrine mammals of the
genus Paguma. They resemble a weasel in form.
Pagurian
(Pa*gu"ri*an) n. [L. pagurus a kind of crab, Gr. .] (Zoöl.) Any one of a tribe of anomuran
crustaceans, of which Pagurus is a type; the hermit crab. See Hermit crab, under Hermit.
Pah
(Pah) interj. An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. See Bah.
Fie! fie! fie! pah! pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination.
Shak. Pah
(||Pah) n. [From native name.] A kind of stockaded intrenchment. [New Zealand.] Farrow.
Pahi
(Pa"hi) n. (Naut.) A large war canoe of the Society Islands.
Pahlevi
(Pah"le*vi) n. Same as Pehlevi.
Pahoehoe
(||Pa*ho"e*ho`e) n. (Min.) A name given in the Sandwich Islands to lava having a relatively
smooth surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called a-a.
PahUtes
(Pah"*Utes`) n. pl. (Ethnol.) See Utes.
Paid
(Paid) imp., p. p., & a. of Pay.
1. Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.
2. Satisfied; contented. [Obs.] "Paid of his poverty." Chaucer.
Paideutics
(Pai*deu"tics) n. [Gr. , fr. to teach, fr. ,, a boy.] The science or art of teaching.
Paien
(Pai"en) n. & a. Pagan. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Paigle
(Pai"gle) n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose.
[Written also pagle, pagil, peagle, and pygil.]
Paijama
(||Pai*ja"ma) n. Pyjama.
Pail
(Pail) n. [OE. paile, AS. pægel a wine vessel, a pail, akin to D. & G. pegel a watermark, a gauge
rod, a measure of wine, Dan. pægel half a pint.] A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and
having a bail, — used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have
a cover. Shak.
Pailful
(Pail"ful) n.; pl. Pailfuls The quantity that a pail will hold. "By pailfuls." Shak.
Paillasse
(Pail*lasse") n. [F., fr. paille straw. See Pallet a bed.] An under bed or mattress of straw.
[Written also palliasse.]
Pailmall
(Pail`mall") n. & a. See Pall-mall. [Obs.]
Pain
(Pain) n. [OE. peine, F. peine, fr. L. poena, penalty, punishment, torment, pain; akin to Gr. penalty.
Cf. Penal, Pine to languish, Punish.]
