Pavement teeth(Zoöl.), flattened teeth which in certain fishes, as the skates and cestracionts, are arranged side by side, like tiles in a pavement.

Pavement
(Pave"ment), v. t. To furnish with a pavement; to pave. [Obs.] "How richly pavemented!" Bp. Hall.

Paven
(Pav"en) n. See Pavan.

Paver
(Pav"er) n. One who paves; one who lays a pavement. [Written also pavier and pavior.]

Pavesade
(Pav`e*sade") n. [F. See Pavise.] A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in a naval engagement, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.

Pavese
(Pa*vese" Pa*vesse") , n. Pavise. [Obs.]

Paviage
(Pa"vi*age) n. (Law) A contribution or a tax for paving streets or highways. Bouvier.

Pavian
(Pav"i*an) n. See Pavan.

Pavid
(Pav"id) a. [L. pavidus, from pavere to be afraid.] Timid; fearful. [R.] Thackeray.

Pavidity
(Pa*vid"i*ty) n. Timidity. [R.]

Pavier
(Pav"ier) n. A paver.

Paviin
(Pa"vi*in) n. (Chem.) A glucoside found in species of the genus Pavia of the Horse-chestnut family.

Pavilion
(Pa*vil"ion) n. [F. pavillon, fr. L. pavilio a butterfly, also, a tent, because spread out like a butterfly's wings.]

1. A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts. "[The] Greeks do pitch their brave pavilions." Shak.

2. (Arch.) A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile.

3. (Mil.) A flag, colors, ensign, or banner.

4. (Her.) Same as Tent (Her.)

5. That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant.

6. (Anat.) The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.

2. Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an enterprise.

It might open and pave a prepared way to his own title.
Bacon.

Pavement
(Pave"ment) n. [F., fr. LL. pavamentum, L. pavimentum. See Pave.] That with which anythingis paved; a floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative interior floor of tiles or colored bricks.

The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold.
Milton.

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