Thou art the pander to her dishonor.
Shak.
2. Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of
another.
Those wicked panders to avarice and ambition.
Burke.
Pan"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pandered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pandering.]
To play the pander for.
Pan"der, v. i. To act the part of a pander.
Pan"der*age (?), n. The act of pandering.
Pan"der*ism (?), n. The employment, arts, or practices of a pander. Bp.
Hall.
Pan"der*ly, a. Having the quality of a pander. "O, you panderly
rascals." Shak.
Pan*der"mite (?), n. [From Panderma, a port on the Black Sea from which
it is exported.] (Min.) A hydrous borate of lime, near priceite.
Pan"der*ous (?), a. Of or relating to a pander; characterizing a
pander.
Pan*dic"u*la`ted (?), a. [See Pandiculation.] Extended; spread out;
stretched.
Pan*dic`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. pandiculari to stretch one's self, fr.
pandere to spread out.] A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and
extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy.
Pan"dit (?), n. See Pundit.
Pan"door (?), n. Same as Pandour.
Pan*do"ra (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. Pandw`ra; pa^s, pa^n, all + dw^ron a
gift.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter
caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race,
because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave
Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was
opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the
box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the
gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it.
2. (Zoˆl.) A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the
other convex.
Pan"dore (?), n. [F. See Bandore.] An ancient musical instrument, of
the lute kind; a bandore. [Written also pandoran.]
Pan"dour (?), n. One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in
the Austrian army; -- so called from Pandur, a principal town in the
region from which they originally came. [Written also pandoor.]
Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars.
Campbell.
Pan*dow"dy (?), n. A deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of
sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust.
{ 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 (?), n. [F. panne.] The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.
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 (?), a. 1. Having panes; provided with panes; also, having
openings; as, a paned window; paned window sash. "Paned hose."
Massinger.