To pace the web (Weaving), to wind up the cloth on the beam,
periodically, as it is woven, in a loom.
Paced (?), a. Having, or trained in, [such] a pace or gait; trained; --
used in composition; as, slow- paced; a thorough-paced villain.
Pa"cer (?), n. One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that
paces.
Pa*cha" (?), n. [F.] See Pasha.
||Pa`cha*ca*mac" (?), n. A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians
||as the creator of the universe.
||Pa*chak" (?), n. (Bot.) The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus,
||exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is
||supposed to be the costus of the ancients. [Written also putchuck.]
Pa*cha"lic (?), a. & n. See Pashalic.
||Pa*chi"si (?), Par*che"si (&?;), n. [Hind., fr. pachis twenty-five,
||the highest throw in the game.] A game, somewhat resembling
||backgammon, originating in India.
Pa*chom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. pa`chos thickness + -meter.] (Physics) An
instrument for measuring thickness, as of the glass of a mirror, or of
paper; a pachymeter.
||Pa*chon"ta (?), n. (Bot.) A substance resembling gutta-percha, and
||used to adulterate it, obtained from the East Indian tree Isonandra
||acuminata.
Pach"y- (?). [Gr. &?; thick.] A combining form meaning thick; as,
pachyderm, pachydactyl.
Pach`y*car"pous (?), a. [Pachy- + Gr. &?; fruit.] (Bot.) Having the
pericarp thick.
Pach`y*dac"tyl (?), n. [Pachy- + dactyl.] (Zoˆl.) A bird or other
animal having thick toes.
Pach`y*dac"tyl*ous (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Having thick toes.
Pach"y*derm (?), n. [Cf. F. pachyderme.] (Zoˆl.) One of the
Pachydermata.
Pach`y*der"mal (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Of or relating to the pachyderms; as,
pachydermal dentition.
||Pach`y*der"ma*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; thick-skinned; pachy`s
||thick + &?; skin.] (Zoˆl.) A group of hoofed mammals distinguished
||for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant,
||hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog. It is now considered
||an artificial group.
Pach`y*der"ma*tous (?), a. 1. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the
pachyderms.