Passed midshipman. See under Midshipman. -- To pass a dividend, to omit
the declaration and payment of a dividend at the time when due. -- To
pass away, to spend; to waste. "Lest she pass away the flower of her
age." Ecclus. xlii. 9. -- To pass by. (a) To disregard; to neglect. (b)
To excuse; to spare; to overlook. -- To pass off, to impose
fraudulently; to palm off. "Passed himself off as a bishop." Macaulay.
-- To pass (something) on or upon (some one), to put upon as a trick or
cheat; to palm off. "She passed the child on her husband for a boy."
Dryden. -- To pass over, to overlook; not to note or resent; as, to
pass over an affront.
Pass, n. [Cf. F. pas (for sense 1), and passe, fr. passer to pass. See
Pass, v. i.] 1. An opening, road, or track, available for passing;
especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise
impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain
pass.
"Try not the pass!" the old man said.
Longfellow.
2. (Fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an
adversary. Shak.
3. A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a
mesmerist.
4. (Rolling Metals) A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc.,
between the rolls.