Pach`y*der"moid (?), a. [Pachyderm + -oid.] (Zoˆl.) Related to the
pachyderms.
Pach`y*glos"sal (?), a. [Pachy- + Gr. &?; tongue.] (Zoˆl.) Having a
thick tongue; -- applied to a group of lizards (PachyglossÊ), including
the iguanas and agamas.
Pach`y*men`in*gi"tis (?), n. [Pachy- + meningitis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.
Pa*chym"e*ter (?), n. [Pachy- + -meter.] Same as Pachometer.
Pach"y*ote (?), n. [Pachy- + Gr. &?;, &?;, ear.] (Zoˆl.) One of a
family of bats, including those which have thick external ears.
Pac"i*fi`a*ble (?), a. Capable of being pacified or appeased; placable.
Pa*cif"ic (?), a. [L. pacificus: cf. F. pacifique. See Pacify.] Of or
pertaining to peace; suited to make or restore peace; of a peaceful
character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as, pacific
words or acts; a pacific nature or condition.
Pacific Ocean, the ocean between America and Asia, so called by
Magellan, its first European navigator, on account of the exemption
from violent tempests which he enjoyed while sailing over it; -- called
also, simply, the Pacific, and, formerly, the South sea.
Syn. -- Peacemaking; appeasing; conciliatory; tranquil; calm; quiet;
peaceful; reconciling; mild; gentle.
Pa*cif"ic*a*ble (?), a. Placable. [R.] Bp. Hall.
Pa*cif"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to peace; pacific. [R.] Sir H.
Wotton. -- Pa*cif"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.]
Pa*cif`i*ca"tion (?), n. [L. pacificatio: cf. F. pacification. See
Pacify.] The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between
parties at variance; reconciliation. "An embassy of pacification."
Bacon.
Pa*cif"i*ca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, pacifies; a
peacemaker. Bacon.
Pa*cif"i*ca*to*ry (?), a. [L. pacificatorius.] Tending to make peace;
conciliatory. Barrow.
Pac"i*fi`er (?), n. One who pacifies.
Pac"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pacified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Pacifying (?).] [F. pacifier, L. pacificare; pax, pacis, peace +
-ficare (in comp.) to make. See Peace, and -fy.] To make to be at
peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation,
excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when
angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity. "Pray ye, pacify
yourself." Shak.
To pacify and settle those countries.
Bacon.
Pa*cin"i*an (?), a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by,
Filippo Pacini, an Italian physician of the 19th century.
Pacinian corpuscles, small oval bodies terminating some of the minute
branches of the sensory nerves in the integument and other parts of the
body. They are supposed to be tactile organs.
Pack (?), n. [Cf. Pact.] A pact. [Obs.] Daniel.
Pack, n. [Akin to D. pak, G. pack, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakki,
Gael. & Ir. pac, Arm. pak. Cf. Packet.]
1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to
be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.
Piers Plowman.
2. [Cf. Peck, n.] A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack;
hence, a multitude; a burden. "A pack of sorrows." "A pack of
blessings." Shak.
"In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of wool, 240 lbs."
McElrath.
3. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; as: (a) A full
set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game;
as, a euchre pack. (b) A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept
together. (c) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design
or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves. (d) A shook of
cask staves. (e) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling
simultaneously.
4. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less
closely. Kane.
5. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice,
called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of
treatment.
6. [Prob. the same word; but cf. AS. p&?;can to deceive.] A loose,
lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage. [Obs.] Skelton.
Pack animal, an animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in carrying
packs. -- Pack cloth, a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering
packs or bales. -- Pack horse. See Pack animal (above). -- Pack ice.
See def. 4, above. -- Pack moth (Zoˆl.), a small moth (Anacampsis
sarcitella) which, in the larval state, is very destructive to wool and
woolen fabrics. -- Pack needle, a needle for sewing with pack thread.
Piers Plowman. -- Pack saddle, a saddle made for supporting the load on
a pack animal. Shak. -- Pack staff, a staff for supporting a pack; a
peddler's staff. -- Pack thread, strong thread or small twine used for
tying packs or parcels. -- Pack train (Mil.), a troop of pack animals.
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Pack (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Packing.]
[Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See
Pack, n.] 1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a
pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into
close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.
Strange materials packed up with wonderful art.
Addison.
Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed.
Shak.
2. To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as
for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow
away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk;
the play, or the audience, packs the theater.
3. To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game
unfairly.
And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.
Pope.
4. Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in
order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes.
The expected council was dwindling into . . . a packed assembly of
Italian bishops.
Atterbury.