Patchouly camphor (Chem.), a substance homologous with and resembling
borneol, found in patchouly oil.
Patch"work` (?), n. Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces
of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of
incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily
composed; a thing putched up. Swift.
Patch"y (?), a. Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in
patches.
||Pa`tÈ" (?), a. (Her.) See PattÈ.
||Pa`tÈ" (?), n. [F. p‚tÈ.] 1. A pie. See Patty.
2. (Fort.) A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an oval form,
and generally erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a fortified
place. [R.]
Pate (?), n. [Cf. LG. & Prov. G. pattkopf, patzkopf, scabby head; patt,
patz, scab + kopf head.] 1. The head of a person; the top, or crown, of
the head. [Now generally used in contempt or ridicule.]
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent
dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Ps. vii. 16.
Fat paunches have lean pate.
Shak.