Pa"per*weight` (?), n. See under Paper, n.
Pa"per*y (?), a. Like paper; having the thinness or consistence of
paper. Gray.
Pa*pes"cent (?), a. [From Pap soft food.] Containing or producing pap;
like pap. [R.] Arbuthnot.
Pa"pess (?), n. [F. papesse.] A female pope; i. e., the fictitious pope
Joan. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
||Pa`pe*terie" (?), n. [F., paper manufacture, fr. papier paper.] A
||case or box containing paper and materials for writing.
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.
Pa"phi*an, n. A native or inhabitant of Paphos.
||Pa`pier"-ma`chÈ" (?), n. [F. papier m‚chÈ, 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.
||Pa*pil"i*o (?), n. [L., a butterfly.] (Zoˆl.) 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.
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 (PapilionaceÊ) which includes the bean, pea,
vetch, clover, and locust.
||Pa*pil`i*o"nes (?), n. pl. [NL. See Papilio.] (Zoˆl.) The division of
||Lepidoptera which includes the butterflies.
||Pa*pil`i*on"i*des (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoˆl.) The typical butterflies.
Pa*pil"la (?), n.; pl. PapillÊ (#). [L., a nipple, pimple.] Any minute
nipplelike projection; as, the papillÊ of the tongue.
Pap"il*lar (?), a. [Cf. F. papillaire.] Same as Papillose.
Pap"il*la*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. papillaire.] Of, pertaining to, or
resembling, a papilla or papillÊ; bearing, or covered with, papillÊ;
papillose.
Pap"il*late (?), v. t. & i. To cover with papillÊ; to take the form of
a papilla, or of papillÊ.
Pap"il*late (?), a. Same as Papillose.
Pa*pil"li*form (?), a. [Papilla + -form.] Shaped like a papilla;
mammilliform.
||Pap`il*lo"ma (?), n.; pl. Papillomata (#). [NL. See Papilla, and -
||Oma.] (Med.) A tumor formed by hypertrophy of the papillÊ of the skin
||or mucous membrane, as a corn or a wart. Quain.
Pap`il*lo"ma*tous (?), a. (Med.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of,
papillomata.
Pap"il*lose` (?), a. [Cf. F. papilleux.] Covered with, or bearing,
papillÊ; resembling papillÊ; papillate; papillar; papillary.
Pap"il*lote (?), n. [F., fr. papillon a butterfly.] a small piece of
paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl; a curl paper.
Pap"il*lous (?), a. Papillary; papillose.
Pa*pil"lu*late (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Having a minute papilla in the center of
a larger elevation or depression.
Pa"pi*on (?), n. [Prob. from native name: cf. Sp. papion.] (Zoˆl.) A
West African baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx), allied to the chacma. Its
color is generally chestnut, varying in tint.
Pa"pism (?), n. [F. papisme. See Pape, Pope.] Popery; -- an offensive
term. Milton.
Pa"pist (?), n. [F. papiste. See Pape, Pope.] A Roman catholic; one who
adheres to the Church of Rome and the authority of the pope; -- an
offensive designation applied to Roman Catholics by their opponents.
{ Pa*pis"tic (?), Pa*pis"tic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. papistique.] Of or
pertaining to the Church of Rome and its doctrines and ceremonies;
pertaining to popery; popish; -- used disparagingly. "The old papistic
worship." T. Warton. -- Pa*pis"tic*al*ly, adv.
Pa"pist*ry (?), n. The doctrine and ceremonies of the Church of Rome;
popery. [R.] Whitgift.
Pa"pized (?), a. [From Pape.] Conformed to popery. [Obs.] "Papized
writers." Fuller.
Pa*poose" (?), n. A babe or young child of Indian parentage in North
America.
Pap"pi*form (?), a. (Bot.) Resembling the pappus of composite plants.
Pap*poose" (?), n. Same as Papoose.
Pappoose root. (Bot.) See Cohosh.
Pap*pose" (?), a. (Bot.) Furnished with a pappus; downy.
Pap"pous (?), a. (Bot.) Pappose.
Pap"pus (?), n. [L., an old man or grandfather; hence, a substance
resembling gray hairs, Gr. &?;.] (Bot.) The hairy or feathery appendage
of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the
order CompositÊ; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent
the calyx in other plants of the same order.
Pap"py (?), a. [From Pap soft food.] Like pap; soft; succulent; tender.
Ray.
Pap"u*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Papua.
Pap"u*ars (?), n. pl.; sing. Papuan (&?;). (Ethnol.) The native black
race of Papua or New Guinea, and the adjacent islands.
||Pap"u*la (?), n.; pl. PapulÊ (#). [L.]
1. (Med.) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle,
produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of
tissue; a papule. Quain.
2. (Zoˆl.) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument
between the plates of starfishes.
Pap"u*lar (?), a. 1. Covered with papules.
2. (Med.) Consisting of papules; characterized by the presence of
papules; as, a papular eruption.
Pap"ule (?), n.; pl. Papules (&?;). Same as Papula.
Pap"u*lose` (?), a. (Biol.) Having papulÊ; papillose; as, a papulose
leaf.
Pap"u*lous (?), a. [Cf. F. pap&?;leux.] Covered with, or characterized
by, papulÊ; papulose.
Pap`y*ra"ceous (?), a. [L. papyraceus made of papyrus.] Made of
papyrus; of the consistency of paper; papery.
Pa*pyr"e*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to papyrus, or to paper;
papyraceous.
Pap"y*rine (?), n. [Cf. F. papyrin made of paper. See Paper.] Imitation
parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid.
Pa*pyr"o*graph (?), n. [Papyrus + -graph.] An apparatus for multiplying
writings, drawings, etc., in which a paper stencil, formed by writing
or drawing with corrosive ink, is used. The word is also used of other
means of multiplying copies of writings, drawings, etc. See Copygraph,
Hectograph, Manifold.
Pap`y*rog"ra*phy (?), n. The process of multiplying copies of writings,
etc., by means of the papyrograph. -- Pap`y*ro*graph"ic (#), a.
Pa*py"rus (?), n.; pl. Papyri (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;. See Paper.] 1.
(Bot.) A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family,
formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily,
etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick.
2. The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed
by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which
were gummed together and pressed.
3. A manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written scrolls made of
papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum.
P‚que (?), n. [F. p‚que.] See Pasch and Easter.
Par (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Parr.
Par, prep. [F., fr. L. per. See Per.] By; with; -- used frequently in
Early English in phrases taken from the French, being sometimes written
as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par
cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.