Paperweight to Parachute
Paperweight
(Pa"per*weight`) n. See under Paper, n.
Papery
(Pa"per*y) a. Like paper; having the thinness or consistence of paper. Gray.
Papescent
(Pa*pes"cent) a. [From Pap soft food.] Containing or producing pap; like pap. [R.] Arbuthnot.
Papess
(Pa"pess) n. [F. papesse.] A female pope; i. e., the fictitious pope Joan. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Papeterie
(||Pa`pe*terie") n. [F., paper manufacture, fr. papier paper.] A case or box containing paper
and materials for writing.
Paphian
(Pa"phi*an) a. [L. Paphius, Gr. from the city Paphos.] Of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient
city of Cyprus, having a celebrated temple of Venus; hence, pertaining to Venus, or her rites.
Paphian
(Pa"phi*an), n. A native or inhabitant of Paphos.
Papier-maché
(||Pa`pier"-ma`ché") n. [F. papier mâché, lit., chewed or mashed paper.] A hard and strong
substance made of a pulp from paper, mixed with sise or glue, etc. It is formed into various articles,
usually by means of molds.
Papilio
(||Pa*pil"i*o) n. [L., a butterfly.] (Zoöl.) A genus of butterflies.
Formerly it included numerous species which are now placed in other genera. By many writers it is now
restricted to the swallow- tailed butterflies, like Papilio polyxenes, or asterias, and related species.
Papilionaceous
(Pa*pil`io*na"ceous) a.
1. Resembling the butterfly.
2. (Bot.) (a) Having a winged corolla somewhat resembling a butterfly, as in the blossoms of the bean
and pea. (b) Belonging to that suborder of leguminous plants (Papilionaceæ) which includes the bean,
pea, vetch, clover, and locust.
Papiliones
(||Pa*pil`i*o"nes) n. pl. [NL. See Papilio.] (Zoöl.) The division of Lepidoptera which includes
the butterflies.
Papilionides
(||Pa*pil`i*on"i*des) n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) The typical butterflies.
Papilla
(Pa*pil"la) n.; pl. Papillæ [L., a nipple, pimple.] Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillæ of
the tongue.
Papillar
(Pap"il*lar) a. [Cf. F. papillaire.] Same as Papillose.
Papillary
(Pap"il*la*ry) a. [Cf. F. papillaire.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papillæ; bearing,
or covered with, papillæ; papillose.
Papillate
(Pap"il*late) v. t. & i. To cover with papillæ; to take the form of a papilla, or of papillæ.
Papillate
(Pap"il*late) a. Same as Papillose.
Papilliform
(Pa*pil"li*form) a. [Papilla + -form.] Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform.
Papilloma
(||Pap`il*lo"ma) n.; pl. Papillomata [NL. See Papilla, and - Oma.] (Med.) A tumor formed
by hypertrophy of the papillæ of the skin or mucous membrane, as a corn or a wart. Quain.
Papillomatous
(Pap`il*lo"ma*tous) a. (Med.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, papillomata.
