Pandurate
(Pan"du*rate, Pan*du"ri*form) a. [L. pandura a pandore + -form: cf. F. panduriforme.] Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal.

Pane
(Pane) n. [F. panne.] The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.

Pane
(Pane), n. [OE. pan part, portion of a thing, F. pan a skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall, side, fr. L. pannus a cloth, fillet, rag; akin to E. vane. See Vane, and cf. Panel, Pawn pledge.]

1. A division; a distinct piece, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern.

2. One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.

3. (Arch.) (a) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes. (b) Especially, in modern use, the glass in one compartment of a window sash.

4. In irrigating, a subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.

5. (a) One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides. (b) One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant cut diamond.

Paned
(Paned) a.

1. Having panes; provided with panes; also, having openings; as, a paned window; paned window sash. "Paned hose." Massinger.

2. (Mach.) Having flat sides or surfaces; as, a sixpaned nut.

Panegyric
(Pan`e*gyr"ic) n. [L. panegyricus, Gr. panhgyrico`s: cf. F. panégyrique. See Panegyric, a.] An oration or eulogy in praise of some person or achievement; a formal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; laudation. See Synonym of Eulogy.

Panegyric
(Pan`e*gyr"ic Pan`e*gyr"ic*al) a. [L. panegyricus, Gr. panhgyrico`s, from an assembly of the people, a high festival; pa^, pa^n all + an assembly.] Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory. "Panegyric strains." Pope.Pan`e*gyr"ic*al*ly, adv.

Some of his odes are panegyrical.
Dryden.

Panegyris
(Pa*neg"y*ris) n. [NL., fr. Gr. . See Panegyric.] A festival; a public assembly. [Obs.] S. Harris.

Panegyrist
(Pan"e*gyr`ist) n. [L. panegyrista, Gr. one who attends a : cf. to celebrate or attend a public festival, to make a set speech, esp. a panegyric, in a public assembly. See Panegyric.] One who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols or praises, either by writing or speaking.

If these panegyrists are in earnest.
Burke.
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